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5-24 Oracle Fusion Middleware Integrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Figure 5–2 Invoking a Web Service Process Flow

5.6.5 Supported Functionality for Calling Web Services

This section describes the supported technologies and limitations used by the Action Framework when it invokes Web Services.

5.6.5.1 Transport

Note the following items: ■ The Action Framework supports HTTP for both WDSL browsing and calling Web Services through Actions. ■ The Action Framework supports HTTPS for WSDL browsing of Web Services. ■ The Action Framework supports HTTPS for sending messages over a secure channel between AES and the target Web service. However, Action Framework does not currently support the use of digital certificates for authenticating between AEService and the target Web service. Using Actions to Integrate Oracle BI EE with External Systems 5-25

5.6.5.2 Messaging

Note the following items: ■ A Web Service called from the Action Framework needs to be SOAP-based. ■ The Action Framework supports synchronous, requestresponse messages. ■ The Action Framework does not support WS-Addressing.

5.6.5.3 SOAP

The Action Framework supports the following data types in outgoing and incoming SOAP 1.1 and 1.2 messages. Note that support for arrays is currently limited. The action framework allows you to enter a single value into any array for example, String[] in an out-going SOAP message. ■ xsd:any ■ xsd:base64Binary ■ xsd:string ■ xsd:date ■ xsd:time ■ xsd:dateTime ■ xsd:double ■ xsd:decimal ■ xsd:int ■ xsd:short ■ xsd:long ■ xsd:byte ■ xsd:Boolean ■ xsd:float

5.6.5.4 Response Document

The SOAP response document is made available to the user interface and can be formatted using XPATH and html. The document can retrieve multiple occurrences of the same parameter, but you must map each occurrence to a specific XPATH parameter.

5.6.5.5 Service Description

Note the following items: ■ The Action Framework supports WSDL. ■ The Action Framework supports synchronous, requestresponse messages.

5.6.5.6 Discovery Services

Note the following items: ■ The Action Framework supports WSIL. ■ The Action Framework does not currently support UDDI.