Web Services Manager 1.0

The Web Services published by the 360Works Web Services Manager are indistinguishable from any other SOAP server, which puts FileMaker on a level playing field with any other IT solution. Using the 360Works Web Services Manager, you can integrate FileMaker with otherwise incompatible software solutions, and both pull and push information to FileMaker databases.

How does 360Works Web Services Manager work?

• You use a FileMaker-based control panel to configure which scripts should be exposed, how parameters should be passed to them as input, whether a password is required, and which fields will be returned as the XML result. Tooltips guide you through the process. Once you've configured this, 360Works Web Services Manager will automatically generate a WSDL (Web Services Description Language) describing the available services, which can then be called by any SOAP compatible software

What would you use 360Works Web Services Manager for?

• B2B integration: Set up real-time access to selected information in your database for customers to access. This could be order info, payment records, inventory levels, project statuses, or any other business-critical information. Use SSL encryption to guarantee security.
• Medical Groups: An insurance company needs real-time access to a medical group's patient records. Using Web Services Manager, the medical group can provide the insurance company access to its records without the insurance company needing to understand how FileMaker works or how the group stores its data.
• Advertising Agencies: Manage your advertiser and sales information within your filemaker database. Your production department can use the Web Services Manager to read sales data or update ad placements using their own production software without having to slow down workflow to unnecessarily learn how to integrate with the filemaker solution.
• Enterprise Departments: The 360Works Web Services Manager allows your department to manage its own FileMaker scheduling database while providing the information to the rest of your company in a format which can be easily interpreted by other software solutions.
  

What about performance and scalability?

• Web Services Manager is designed with performance and scalability in mind. It triggers scripts by communicating directly with the FileMaker Web Publishing XML gateway, bypassing intermediary layers such as the FileMaker PHP API or FX.PHP. Because of this, there is no maximum limit on the number of records that can be returned by the FileMaker script. It streams the result, which means that it can even return more data than can fit in the available memory of the server that it is running on. It is reasonable to expect anywhere from 2-10 transactions per second under constant load.

Major Features:

1. Easy to install: Just copy two FileMaker files and one PHP file onto your FileMaker Server, and you're up and running. No plugins, no client software, no restarts.
2. Easy to use: You configure which scripts to publish using a FileMaker-based GUI. Web Services Manager automatically handles all of the XML translation.
3. Universal access: Read and update your FileMaker database in real time. Instead of being a data island, turn your solution into the hub of your organization!

Requirements:

• You must be running FileMaker Server or Server Advanced with version 9 or later.
• The Web Publishing Engine must be enabled