WEBi Report on WEB SERVICES Data Source

[#1]

We are using BE XI 3.1 SP2. We are trying to create a WEBi document based on WEB services. We have consumed this web service through ASP.NET and viewed the output.just to make sure it's working. Now, If I give the same web service URL it fails with this error message:

Error from Personal Datasource: Unable to create or update the Custom Data Provider: the provided URL is not valid (CDS 105119). (WIS 10853)

I tried searching it through google..but no help found anywhere..

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

[Former Member]

DO you know if BO 4.0 SP 2 patch 11 allows to parse other web services than WSDL from QaaWS or BI Service?

Thanks Michael

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[Henry_Banks]

Hi,

I believe you can consume NW web services, but not other 'sap' WS like CRM for example.

Regards,

H

[former_member182616]

Henry,

We have this initial response on our OSS. Do you agree with it?

the information I found coming from Product Group states that Web

Intelligence Rich Client only supports the use of two kinds of Web

Services as data source:

- It can only parse WSDL from QaaWS (query as web service) or BI

Service (WebI blocks exposed as web services).

- It doesn't support web services from any other source, therefore it

will not be able to parse an ABAP web service.

If this statement doesn#t match what you are trying to achieve and you

are indeed trying to consume either WSDL from QaaWS or a BI service,

then please let me know and we can organise a SAP Connect meeting to

explore this issue further.

However, if you are indeed trying to consume an ABAP Web Service in

Webi Rich Client, then I#m sorry to say, as above, that this is not

currently supported in BI 4.0.

Thx,

MD

[Henry_Banks]

100% agree, and this is what the Product Group Manager (mr bunner) originally asserts above.

I'm faily sure the NW WS is consumable in Dashboard Design (previously Xcelsius) but not webi.

Regards

H