Simple XML editing

BMC Remedy Developer Studio allows you to change the format of the XML code so that it is compatible with your web service. You can:

• Add, delete, or rename the XML elements.
• Create XML elements to enable grouping of existing XML elements. This grouping is only cosmetic.
• Use attributes instead of elements.
• Set nillable, MinOccurs, and MaxOccurs attributes of elements.

You can edit the XML when you publish a web service from BMC Remedy AR System. When you consume an external web service, the external web service decides the XML format, and you must conform to it. Developer Studio disables all editing features in that case. You can select only which fields to map to which XML elements.

XML documents can specify the data type in the document itself instead of in the XML schema. If you want the output document to contain XSI Type information so that the consumers of the web service can process the document correctly, select Support XSI Type above the mapping table.

The procedures below describe simple XML editing tasks.

 To add a new element or attribute

1. Open the web service in Developer Studio.
2. View the mapping table under WSDL Ports > Port > WSDL Operations > Operation.
3. Right-click an element in the XML Data Type column to display a list of actions.
4. Select New > Element or New > Attribute.
    The new element or attribute appears one level below the selected item. You can add form elements, field elements, or field attributes.
5. Rename the new element or attribute.

 To change element ordering

1. Open the web service in Developer Studio.
2. View the mapping table under WSDL Ports > Port > WSDL Operations > Operation.
3. Right-click an element in the XML Data Type column to display a list of actions.
4. Click Move Up, Move Down, Move Left, or Move Right.