Creating a service

Create a service to group related operations. When you create a service, you attach bindings based on the method you use to invoke operations from your client. This task also contains a step to indicate your security requirements for the service.

Before you begin

Creating a project

Creating an application

About this task

You add basic HTTP authentication, user name token authentication, or HTTPS confidentiality to a service by selecting Requires Authentication, Requires Confidentiality, or both when you create a service within an application.

Procedure

Select a project from the Projects pane of the My Home workspace.

Go to the Information Services Application workspace by choosing one of the following options:

Installed IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server component	Action
If only InfoSphere Information Services Director is installed	Select Develop > Information Services Application.
If InfoSphere Information Services Director and IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer are installed	Select Develop > Information Services Director > Information Services Application

Select an application from the Select Information Services Application to Work With pane and click Open.
Click Edit in the bottom right corner of the Overview pane.
At the bottom of the Select a View pane, click New > Service.
In the service Overview pane, you must type a name for the service in the Service Name field. All the other required fields contain default information. The description and e-mail address fields are optional.
Optional: If you want to add security to the service, select Requires Authentication, Requires Confidentiality, or both.
Click Save Application.
Click Close Application.