Example of using web services to create an instance of a CI

Allen Allbrook, the configuration manager with Calbro Services wants to create a CI having name MSWord belonging to the Product class. Allen needs to create the instance of the CI in the BMC_Product class where the datasetId is BMC.ADDM, and the name attribute is MSWord.

Request

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
    <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
        <soapenv:Header>
            <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
                <wsse:UsernameToken>
                    <wsse:Username>IN-AllenA-W1_b7647fee09ea44a3af4363ad98212089</wsse:Username>
                    <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">IN-AllenA-W1_b7647fee09ea44a</wsse:Password>
                </wsse:UsernameToken>
            </wsse:Security>
        </soapenv:Header>
        <soapenv:Body>
            <CreateInstance xmlns="http://atrium.bmc.com/2009/01/instances/types">
                <loginInfo xmlns="" />
                <datasetId xmlns="">BMC.ADDM</datasetId>
                <instanceInfo xmlns="">
                    <classNameId>
                        <namespaceName>BMC.CORE</namespaceName>
                        <className>BMC_Product</className>
                    </classNameId>
                    <attributes>
                        <list>
                            <name>Name</name>
                            <value>
                                <stringValue>MSWord</stringValue>
                            </value>
                        </list>                        
                    </attributes>
                </instanceInfo>
                <extensions xmlns="" />
            </CreateInstance>
        </soapenv:Body>
    </soapenv:Envelope>

The response is shown as follows:

Response

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <typ:CreateInstanceOutput xmlns:typ="http://atrium.bmc.com/2009/01/instances/types">
         <instanceId>xxxx</instanceId>
         <status/>
         <extensions xsi:nil="true"/>
      </typ:CreateInstanceOutput>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Example of using web services to create an instance of a CI

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