Profile Push Web Service

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Jan 22, 2024
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As a site administrator, you can set up a site to send (a.k.a. "push") profiles through the web service.

After clicking Web Services under the Settings tab, click Profile Push Web Service. The Profile Push Web Services page appears. You can set up the following activities for a site:



Adding or Editing a Subscription

Click Subscriptions to enable pushing profiles through the web service. Follow these steps:

  1. Add or edit a subscription:
    • To edit an existing subscription, click its name in the Subscription Name column, and the Edit Subscription page appears.
    • To add a new subscription, click the Add a New Subscription link. The Add Subscription page appears.
  2.  Enter information in the following fields or select the following choices, and then click Save: 

Field or Selection

Description

Subscription Name

Enter a name for the subscription.

Endpoint Configuration

URL

Enter the URL of the endpoint to which you're pushing this profile load.

Authentication
Header 

Enter the Authentication header, in valid, well-formed XML, for the endpoint.

Performance Configuration

Number of
Connections 

Choose the number of connections from the dropdown menu.

Number of Profiles
Per Request 

Choose the number of profiles from the dropdown menu.

Push Timeout

Choose the number of minutes or hours before timeout.

Bulk Profile Push
Timer Interval		Choose the number of minutes or hours for the timer interval.
Process request
and update profile		Click the checkbox to process the request and update the profile.
Test ModeClick the checkbox to enable test mode.

 

Managing Sets of Web Service Subscriptions

You can manage sets of web service subscriptions and assign them to groups of users. To create a subscription set, you first need to create at least one subscription – see "Adding or Editing a Subscription" in this topic.

Note: For details on using groups, see Groups Tab for Managing Groups.

Click Subscription Sets to manage sets of web service subscriptions to assign to groups. The Subscription Sets page appears.

To add or edit an existing set, follow these steps:

  1. Click the set name in the Set Name column to edit a set, or the Add a New Subscription Set link to add a set. The Edit Subscription Set or Add Subscription Set page appears.
  2. If you are adding a set, enter the name in the Set Name field.
  3. To add a subscription:
    1. Click Add Subscr. The Search & Add Code to Set page appears. 
    2. Select a subscription from the list and click OK, or click OK & Add Another and repeat the above step. 
  4. Click Save to save your set and return to the Subscription Sets page.
  5. Click Done.