Monitor Web Services
You can monitor web services on the Execution Statistics view on the Monitor tab. Web services are business functions that operate over the Web. They describe a collection of operations that are network accessible through standardized XML messaging.
You can view information about web services included in an application. To monitor a web service, expand an application in the Navigator and select the Web Services folder. A list of web services appears in the contents panel. The contents panel shows properties about each web service, such as the name, description, and state of each web service.
When you select the link for a web service in the contents panel, the contents panel shows the following views:
- •Properties view
- •Reports view
- •Operations view
- •Requests view
Properties View for a Web Service
The Properties view shows general properties and run-time statistics for a web service.
When you select a web service in the contents panel of the Properties view, you can view the general properties and monitoring statistics.
- General Properties for a Web Service
You can view general properties about the web service, such as the name and type of object.
- Statistics for a Web Service
You can view run-time statistics about web service requests during a specific time period. The Statistics section shows the number of completed, failed, and total web service requests.
Reports View for a Web Service
The Reports view shows monitoring reports about the selected web service.
When you monitor a web service, the Reports view shows reports about the web service. For example, you can view the Most Active WebService Client IP report to determine the IP addresses that received the most number of web service requests during a specific time period.
Operations View for a REST or SOAP Web Service
The Operations view shows the name and description of each operation or resource included in the web service. The view also displays properties, requests, and reports about each operation.
When you select a web service operation in the contents panel, the details panel shows the Properties view, Requests view, and Reports view.
- Properties View
The Properties view shows general properties and statistics about the selected web service operation or resource. General properties include the operation or resource name and type of object. The view also shows statistics about the web service operation during a particular time period. Statistics include the number of completed, failed, and total web service requests.
- Requests View
The Requests view shows properties about each web service operation, such as request ID, user name, state, start time, elapsed time, and end time. You can filter the list of requests. You can also view logs for the selected web service request.
- Reports View for a SOAP Web Service
The Reports view shows reports about SOAP web service operations.
Requests View for a Web Service
The Requests view shows properties about each web service request, such as request ID, user name, state, start time, elapsed time, and end time. You can filter the list of requests.
When you select a web service request in the contents panel, you can view logs about the request in the details panel. The details panel shows general properties and statistics about the selected web service request. Statistics include the number of completed, failed, and total web service requests.
You can also abort a web service request from the Requests view. To abort a web service request, select the workflow request and click Actions > Abort Selected Request in the contents panel.