Testing Approvals Data Services with the Test Client

Use the approvals data services test client to verify the approval notification content that the approvals data services return using the metadata you configured.

arrow icon   To test approvals data services:

  1. Navigate to the Workflow Data Services Client page from the Oracle E-Business Suite Navigator by choosing either Workflow Administrator Web Applications: Approvals Data Services Manager > Test or a custom responsibility and menu path specified by your system administrator.

  2. In the User Details region, select the user under whose context you want to execute the approvals data services for this test.

  3. In the Service Invocation Details region, select the service you want to test in the Function field.

    You can invoke the approvals data services in the following order to approximate the order in which they are used in the Approvals app. When you invoke the services in this order, you can use information from the output of each service as input for the next service in the list.

    1. getLists

    2. searchByFilter

    3. getFullBody

    4. getDetail

    5. getMoreInfoParticipants

    6. requestMoreInformation

    7. provideMoreInformation

    8. respond

  4. The Params field displays the input payload template for the selected service. Enter values for the parameters in the template corresponding to the approval notifications you want to test. Then choose Execute.

    For more information about the input parameters for each service, see: Testing Web Service Requests on the Server, Oracle Mobile Approvals for Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes, My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1642423.1.

  5. Review the output payload to verify that the service returned the expected response.