Configure Interview Services dialog box
To open the Interview Services dialog box
Click Tools > Interview Services Options, or press Alt+T, I.
Interview Properties
Service list
Displays existing service configurations.
Service name
Displays the selected service name. When creating a new service, you must provide an appropriate name in this field. You can also modify an existing service name.
Service type
Displays the selected service's type. When creating a new service, you must select a service type from the list. You can also change the service type for an existing service. You can define other service types by selecting the Custom service type. The settings for all custom service types are stored in the ServicesOptions.xml configuration file:
C:\Users\[User Folder]\AppData\Roaming\IBM\SPSS\DataCollection\7\Author\Interview\ServicesOptions.xml
as well as in the Windows registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SPSS\InterviewServices\
The list contains the following service types:
▪CaDSClient: An IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services server configuration. The IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services web services provide advanced real-time scoring and text analytics capabilities and can greatly improve respondent interactions.
▪SalesforceClient: A Saleforce.com web server configuration. The service is a COM-callable proxy for the Salesforce.com web service.
▪DBConnectionClient: A database connection web server configuration. DBConnectionClient provides support for defining and configuring external web services that can be used in the routing script. The service allows ADO database connections to be shared between multiple running interviews. This helps improve performance and scalability for interview scripts, that use direct database access, by eliminating the need for each script to individually connect to a database.
▪Custom: A custom service configuration. Custom service type settings are stored to a configuration XML file as well as in the Windows registry entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SPSS\InterviewServices\. After creation, all custom configurations will display in the Service type list. When this option is selected, you must enter the appropriate Prog ID field information.
Properties
Displays the server properties for the selected service type. When Custom is selected as the Service Type, you must manually enter the appropriate server properties. Click Test to test the connection to the server.
Has test service
This optional setting indicates whether the selected service type utilizes a test server. The test service configuration settings are applied when a survey is in test mode (IOM.Info.IsTest = true). All surveys use the regular Properties when test services are not configured. By default, this setting is not selected.
Properties on test server
Displays the test server properties for the selected service type. When Custom is selected as the Service Type, you must enter the test server properties (only required when Has test service is enabled). Click Test to test the connection to the test server.
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