Create / Edit Service Test - SOAP Page

Use this page to define a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) service test to monitor the availability and response time of the Web service.

SOAP is an XML-based message protocol used by Web Services. Most Web services accept messages using HTTP. Each SOAP message consists of a single SOAP envelope. An envelope defines how to process the message, who should process the message, and whether processing is optional or mandatory. It also contains encoding rules for exchanging instances of application-defined data types. An envelope consists of two blocks:

Optional Header Block - This block includes application specific information.
Mandatory Body: This block contains details of the data to be sent to the SOAP receiver. It also includes the method call details.

To define the SOAP service test, follow the steps given below:

Enter the name and description of the test.
Specify the Collection Frequency at which the test will be executed and metrics will be collected.
Enter the WSDL URL and click Go. This takes you to the Build SOAP Request page. WSDL (Web Services Description Language) is a general purpose XML language for describing the interface, protocol bindings and deployment details of Web services.

Metrics Collected

Metric	Description
Status	This can be 0 (status down) or 1 (status up). The status is down when there is any error detected by beacon while performing the operation. The Status may be down in following cases : Due to any HTTP error No HTTP errors but due to a SOAP fault in the response.
Response Time (ms)	Time taken by the beacon to complete the entire operation. This includes the time taken to send the HTTP request and receive the response.

Metric

Description

Status

This can be 0 (status down) or 1 (status up). The status is down when there is any error detected by beacon while performing the operation. The Status may be down in following cases :

Due to any HTTP error
No HTTP errors but due to a SOAP fault in the response.

Response Time (ms)

Time taken by the beacon to complete the entire operation. This includes the time taken to send the HTTP request and receive the response.

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