Service Virtualization

Hi ,

Can we access transactional data/Server engine such as Case status in Tibco Iprocess or webmethods TaskStatus?

This is similar to Rational Integration Tester having the capability to move web methods BPM Task to Approved/Closed status.

I am specifically looking to know if it supports or can access similar to the above for Appian integration product

If it does have access how do we do it ?

RIT access has been confirmed in the below link : IBM Knowledge Center

I had to check the status of a webMethods task for a test.

To do this, I created a new service on the Integration Server. The input for the service was a couple of search fields, an id and a task type, and the expected status of the task. If the task was found and the status matched the expected status, the service returned 'true'. Otherwise, it returned false. Then I set up a web service interface to the webMethods service and had DevTest call that as a normal web service call.

You could set up a 'webMethods Integration Server Services' step to call the webMethods service 'pub.task.taskclient:searchTasks'. Then you would have to check the check the results, an array named '/tasks', find the correct task and verify the status. It seemed easier to let a webMethods service search for the task and verify the results.

Thanks for the note Brian.

Most of the clients do not encourage setting up services on the server having application code . Do we have other means to access this task/case status which you are aware of ? Like some test step provided by DEV TEST .

You may be able to use a 'webMethods Integration Server services' step. Set it up to use the 'pub.task.taskclient' package, 'searchTasks' service. This is a pretty complicated service to use. You'll need to check out the 'webmethods task engine user’s guide' to see how to set up the fields for the search.