Defining a Control-M for Web Services Local File System or Web Services URL job

This procedure describes how to define a Control-M for Web Services Local File System or Web Services URL job, which enables you to run Web Services jobs and reports on a Control-M for WJM server.

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have met the following requirements:

• A configured Local File System or Web Services URL connection profile, as described for the Connection profile management.
• Successful completion of Accessing the WJM job properties pane.

To define a Control-M for Web Services job:

1. From the Connection Profile field, type the connection profile, or click .

   The Connection Profile Selection dialog box appears.

2. Select the connection profile that you want to use to run a Control-M for Web Services job or report, and click OK.

   The Connection Profile field is set.

3. Complete the following fields:
   1. In the WSDL field, type the required WSDL name or click .
   2. In the Service field type the required object or click .
   3. In the Operation field type the required operation or to display a list of available parameters for the specified operation, click Select.

   NOTE: Certain operations require values to be specified for input parameters. In the WSDL field, type the required WSDL name or click Select.

4. (Optional) Select Use SOAP request from file and type the request which is located on the Agent machine where Control-M for WJM is installed which contains the full SOAP request.
5. To generate your own SOAP request, do the following:
   • Click Edit SOAP Request.

     The SOAP Request - Webpage Dialog box appears.

   • Click Generate.
   • Type the expected value where the question mark "?" appears.

   NOTE: Control-M for Web Services uses this SOAP request to invoke the job.

6. (Optional) From the Add SOAP header from file, type the SOAP header.

   NOTE: This is applicable for Web Services (not REST) when the “Use SOAP request from file” or the Edit SOAP Request is not used”.

7. (Optional) In the Input Parameters section, do one more of the following:
   • If you want to add a parameter to the job click Add parameter and do the following:
     • In the table, type the Name of the parameter and Value.

       NOTE: The Name column can be specified with a Xpath.

   • If you want to display a list available parameters, click Load parameters and select the parameter you want to use.
   • If you want to remove a parameter or header, highlight the parameter and header and click Remove.
   • If you want to remove all parameters and headers click Remove all.
   • To add an array size type a value in the Array size field.
8. (Optional) In the Output Parameters section, do one or more of the following:
   • If you want to specify the outcome of output parameters that exist once a job has been run, click Add a Parameter and from the table, type the following:
     1. The HTTP code
     2. The parameter name, XPath, variable name or URI type to extract to
     3. If you want to display a list of output parameters, click Load parameters and select the parameters you require.
     4. If you want to delete a parameter, highlight the parameter and click Remove.
     5. If you want to delete all parameters, click Remove all.
     6. In the Advanced Output Settings field, if you want to exclude job output and do not want an output banner, select the required options.

   For more information about job output, see: Job output information.

9. (Optional) Type one or more of the following:
   • Override URL endpoint
   • Preemptive authentication
   • Override CONTENT-TYPE
   • Override connection timeout (sec)
10. Continue to define a job, as described in Using Control-M Workload Automation.

    For more information about Control-M for Web Service parameters, see Control-M for Web Services parameters.