Technical Data
Function is |
enhanced |
For release |
Software Component Component: SAP_BASIS ● Release: NetWeaver 7.0 ● Support Package: 14 |
Assignment to application component |
BC-DWB-WS-ABA Web Service Tools ABAP |
Country setting |
Valid for all countries |
New Features for Creating and Configuring Service Providers and Service Consumers
The following are new features in the Web services runtime, configuration and monitoring.
● Web Services Runtime
Support for Web Services Reliable Messaging (WS-RM) is introduced.
Using WS-RM ensures that message exchange between a service provider and a service consumer is completedwithout errors. Serviceswith asynchronous operations can be consumed from an Enhancement Package or from an installed Enterprise Services Repository (SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 / SAP NetWeaver 7.1).
● Configuring Web Services and Web Service Clients in the SOA Manager
The SOA Manager is an ABAP-based tool which provides a central location to configure Web services and Web services clients. The organization of the SOA Management cockpit into Technical Configuration and Business Administration centers is in accordance with the roles of the Technical Administrator and Business Administrator relevant for managing the SOA landscape.
A new approach to configuring Web services, called mass configuration, is available. Through mass configuration you can configure several Web services at one go.
● Monitoring Web Services in the SOA Manager
WS-RM Messages are combined into sequences. The reliability of sequence transmission is guaranteed with the help of the Web service runtime. Using analysis tools, such as the Sequence Monitor, you can find and remove any errors that occur during transmission.
In the SOA Manager, you can also find and view the logs and traces of calls made to Web services and from Web service clients. Each call to a Web service or form a Web service client may contain trace and/or log records of different severity and status.
● Publication of Services
A Services Registry contains entries for all services and service definitions in a landscape. From an ABAP Backend, which is based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS14, you can publish services in this registry.
Supported Standards
● WS Reliable Messaging
Version: 2005/02
Description: Describes a protocol that allows messages to be delivered reliably between distributed applications in the presence of software component, system, or network failures.
● WS Addressing
Version: 2004/08
Description: Defines a standard mechanism for identifying and exchanging Web services messages between multiple endpoints.
● WS Policy
Version: 2004/09
Description: Defines the model and syntax to describe and communicate the policies of a Web service. A policy is a collection of policy assertions, which describe one or more characteristics that a Web service provider requires from a Web service consumer.
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