Procedures Adapters

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This section provides detailed descriptions of new features for the Procedures adapters.

Adapter for REST

Adapter for REST/WS: Pass Name:Value Pairs in the HTTP Header

Name:Value pairs can now be passed in the HTTP Header of a SOAP/REST request.

For a SOAP request, add the following attributes in the Access File.

FIELD=fieldname, PARAMSTYLE=header, 

Note that the field belongs to the root segment, but not in the header group (unlike with the REST adapter). The fields in the header group will go to the SOAP header, not the HTTP header.

For the REST adapter, the fields in the header group, if specified as PARAMSTYLE=header, go to the HTTP header, otherwise they are added to the URL.

The field to be placed in the HTTP header should be positioned within the header group of the root segment.

The following Access File record indicates the header group.

HEADER=groupname

The following declaration indicates the field whose value is to be placed in the HTTP header.

FIELD=fieldname, PARAMSTYLE=header, $ 

In the Master File, identify the value to be placed in the header for the field.

For example, consider the following Access File.

SEGNAME=M6ILO,
........
HEADER=GRHEADER,
.........$
FIELD=TOKEN, PARAMSTYLE=header, $

The Master File should contain the following attributes.

GROUP=GRHEADER, ELEMENTS=1, ACCESS_PROPERTY=(INTERNAL),
TITLE='GRHEADER', $ 
FIELDNAME=TOKEN, ALIAS=token, USAGE=A80, ACTUAL=A80,XDEFAULT='oxxxxx', $

This causes the following to be placed in the HTTP header.

token: oxxxxx 

Adapter for REST: Support for GZIP Response Format

The Adapter for REST now supports responses in GZIP Format.

Adapter for REST: Support for Requests not Containing Service URL Extension

Support has been added for REST Web Services calls that do not have a service URL extension.

Adapter for REST: Support for Token as Attribute in Chained Authentication

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Support has been added for retrieving a token from a Chained Authentication request when it resides as an attribute or as a child segment with multiple entries,

Adapter for REST/WS: Type Needed for Elements when OBJ_TYPES=NO

In the Web Services adapter, xsi:type will be sent for specific elements in the SOAP request based on the defined FIELDNAMES in the Access file, even though sending xsi:types is turned off in the Access file (OBJ_TYPES=NO).

Adapter for REST/WS: Support for Attribute Referencing

Create Synonym for the Web Services adapter now supports attribute referencing.

Adapter for RStat Predictive Analytics

The Adapter for RStat Predictive Analytics is new in this release and can be found under Procedure Adapters on the Web Console. The adapter allows RStat models to be deployed from the Reporting Server Console, it addition to model deployment from App Studio. A Master File and Access File are also created for the deployed model, enabling access through a Master File Join or the function DB_LOOKUP().

Adapter for Web Services

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The following features were added for the Adapter for Web Services.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Integration

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is an ERP system. It offers complete functionality for accounting, inventory control, warehouse management, transportation management, demand and supply chain planning, material requirements planning, production management, quality assurance, product lifecycle management, and asset management.

Using the Web Service adapter, reports can be created to report against the data within the Dynamics AX environment while respecting its security.

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