
Web Service Advisor View
The Dimension Designer's Web Service Advisor view is designed to assist the user in developing and deploying Web services by monitoring the validation and deployable state of their VDB and identifying any errors or incomplete steps in the process of building a Web service.
The view contains two sections titled Current Status and Related Guides.
Current Status Section

In order to create and deploy a web service WAR file, a valid VDB must be created containing:
The Current Status section of the Web Service Advisor displays a checklist of the different model types necessary to define a functional Web service and deploy this WAR file in Dimension Designer.
An empty  checkbox next to any item means that this step in the Web service modeling  process has yet to be completed.  A red  X  in the checkbox indicates that there are validation errors or other problems  associated with the step. Tooltips are also available which summarize category status. Just hover over the check-box icon or category title.
 in the checkbox indicates that there are validation errors or other problems  associated with the step. Tooltips are also available which summarize category status. Just hover over the check-box icon or category title. 
The following checkboxes are displayed:
 Model  Validation when  checked indicates that the workspace is free of validation errors in any  models.
 Model  Validation when  checked indicates that the workspace is free of validation errors in any  models. Sources checks for the  existence of data source models in your VDB.
 Sources checks for the  existence of data source models in your VDB. Connector  bindings validates  that a connector binding has been defined for each source model in the  VDB.
 Connector  bindings validates  that a connector binding has been defined for each source model in the  VDB.  XML  View Mappings validates  that the necessary XML View models exist to provide mappings for the Web Service  operations from your data sources to XML formats.  Any errors in the XML View mappings will be indicated by a red X  in the checkbox.
 XML  View Mappings validates  that the necessary XML View models exist to provide mappings for the Web Service  operations from your data sources to XML formats.  Any errors in the XML View mappings will be indicated by a red X  in the checkbox. XML  Schema verifies  that the appropriate XML Schema models exist and are correctly referenced by  the Web service operations and XML View models.
 XML  Schema verifies  that the appropriate XML Schema models exist and are correctly referenced by  the Web service operations and XML View models. Web  services  checks  for the existence of valid Web service operations and procedures.
 Web  services  checks  for the existence of valid Web service operations and procedures.Two actions are provided below the checkboxes that become available once a valid Web service has been fully defined.
 Preview  WSDL generates a  sample Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document describing your Web  service
 Preview  WSDL generates a  sample Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) document describing your Web  service Create  Web Service WAR File generates  the WAR file to be deployed to a servlet container.
 Create  Web Service WAR File generates  the WAR file to be deployed to a servlet container.In addition to monitoring status, the Web Service Advisor also provides users a list of available actions for each category. Selecting the  icon for  will present a dialog containing available actions related to the selected category.
icon for  will present a dialog containing available actions related to the selected category. 

Related Guides Section
The Related Guides section of the Web Service Advisor provides a list of cheat sheet scripts for generating Web services starting from the data source layer, or from an XML Schema or XML View model, or from an existing WSDL definition. (See Using Cheat Sheets .)

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