Web Services

Web Services

Omniscope as a universal desktop client

Omniscope integrates with web services to offer a hybrid 'best of both worlds' combination of powerful desktop client/user interface with the ability to send user-selected or modified subsets of data (including user input data) back to remote servers for further processing. Correctionms and updates can be sent back the the centrla data repository for refresh back into Omniscope, or remote server results can be immediately displayed using one or more Web Views or the default browser on the users' machines.

Currently, Omniscope supports exporting to remote servers of any number of values (references) from a single field (column). You can define a formula field that collapses multiple user-changed fields into a single delimiter-separated column for posting back to the central data source. If you envisage a solution that requires posting a table of selected or modified values (more than one column) please contact us.

Defining Web Services

Web services available from within each file are defined using the Main Toolbar Tools > Web Services dialog:

From the Main Toolbar, the Tools > Web Services menu offers the following options:

Modify Web Service- allows modification of all the parameters associated with any web service already configured in the file or remove the web service from the file. The parameters are the same as those shown below in the Add Web Service wizard: HTTP POST URL; Web Service name; ID field (the field (column) from which selected values should be exported) and the Record count limit, which sets the maximum on the number of values posted at a time.

Add Web Service- selecting the Add web service option opens the Web Service configuration wizard:

Add your own Web Service configuration to the file by supplying your own values for:

HTTP POST URL: the full URL of the server file/page responding to POSTS

Web Service name: Name you give that appears on the Omniscope Web Services menu. In the example above there are 3 names for 3 different services available from the file.

ID Field: the field (column) name in the Omniscope that contains the values to be exported to the Web service being configured. Can be different for each service

Record count limit: Can be any number of values, set to 100 by default

Omniscope includes a test web service that 'echos' whatever field (column) of values you choose to send. Try configuring this service using the URL given, with a name like Echo Test, and selecting a field in your data set. In one of the views in Omniscope, select less than 100 records, and in the Main Tool Bar, click on the 'Echo Test' web service. If you have not configured a Web View in Omniscope to display the results, the default browser will open and display the echo results. If you have configured a Web View to display the web service results, they will appear in that open Web View.

Set Web Service button text- Sets the display/hover value for the Web Services menu button...'Partner Services' in the example shown above.

For more discussion of options for building web-integrated data publishing solutions using Omniscope and DataPlayer Studio or FeatureFinder Web, consult our Knowledge Base sections on Web Integration and communicating with Web Services.

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