Authoring Web Service object model reference
When using UNICOM Intelligence Author Server Edition, all questionnaires are stored on an UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer server. The UNICOM Intelligence Author client and UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer communicate with each other by using the Authoring Web Service.
Author on the client communicates with the Authoring Web Service on the server, and then the Authoring Web Server communicates with the metadata model that is on the same server. The Metadata Model is used for accessing metadata. It is part of the Data Model. For more information, see
Authoring Web Service object model.
Authoring Web Service
The Authoring Web Service gives remote users access to the metadata model objects. It uses standard Internet protocols (such as HTTP and SOAP). It reduces the number of server round-trips. It allows a client to request information from multiple questionnaire documents.
Using the Authoring Web Service
To use this component, you must create a working environment that logs in to the server, and then retrieves a ticket that identifies the user status. The following demonstrates the basic steps used when opening a document:
1 Login to the server.
Most of the Authoring Web Service operations are session-related; all necessary information is stored in the server user session.
The Authoring Web Service accesses are on the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer server, so users must have authority to access the server resources.
2 Call Initialize to initialize the session environment.
After initialization, you can access other functions.
3 OpenDocument
The OpenDocument method returns the compressed questionnaire MDD file to the client (the files are compressed to alleviate network traffic). The returned documents must be decompressed before they can be loaded with a local MDM object.
4 SaveDocument
After changing the document, save the questionnaire MDD file back to the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer server.
Authoring Web Service object model
The Authoring Web Service Object Model provides web methods for questionnaires in an UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer server.
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