Web Services
are external programs that are accessed via a URL. Web services provide
an application programming interface that allows one or more operations
to be invoked. Input parameters may be passed to an operation by a calling
program, or from a form-based interface provided by the Web Service. The
results produced by a Web Service may be returned to the calling program
or displayed in a form associated with the Web Service.
LiveCompare provides support for Web Services
two ways. An External Web Service may be called from a workflow using
the Run Web Service action.
In this case, one or more of the workflow’s input parameters may be passed
as arguments a Web Service operation, and the results of the operation
may be stored in one or more workflow datasets.
LiveCompare workflows may also be registered
as Web Services using the Register
Workflow as Web Service Wizard. This allows them to be run using the
Run Web Service action, or called from an external program. Data
Stores are not recommended for use in workflows registered as Web
Services.