Creating a serviceRequest or embeddedServiceRequest

You can create a serviceRequest or embeddedService Request for an:

SQL data source
SOAP web services data source
REST web services data source

To create a serviceRequest or emeddedServiceRequest for any of these data source types, you can:

Request Type	Method	Description	Use To
Any	Right-click in the Visual Editor or the Nexaweb Data view and selecte New > Service Request.	This launches the Select Service Request dialog from which you can select to create a serviceRequest or embeddedServiceRequest and the type of data source to use.	Add any type of enterprise data to a Nexaweb application.
SOAP	Drag a WSDL file from the Navigator view onto the UI file.	This launches the Create New Web Service Request wizard set to create a soapRequest.	Create a soapRequest to use as an embeddedServiceRequest in the client.
SQL	Drag and drop table or column from the Data Source Explorer view onto a table in the UI file.	Launches the Create sqlSelect Statement wizard.	Create an SQL select statement request to use as an embeddedServiceRequest in the client.
SQL	Drag and drop table or column from the Data Source Explorer view onto the serviceRequest folder in the Nexaweb Data view.	Launches the Create Database Connection dialog.	Creates any type of SQL statement request to use as a serviceRequest.

To create a serviceRequest or embeddedServiceRequest for any type of external data source, follow these steps:

1. To launch the serviceRequest wizard,either:

Right-click in the Visual Editor or the Nexaweb Data view and select New > Service Request
Select Tools > Service Request

The Select Service Request dialog appears.

2. Complete the Select Service Request dialog as follows:

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Figure 132: Select Service Request dialog

Select the location of the service request: Click the radio button beside the type of serviceRequest to create:

- Embedded Request (Client only)

- Service Request (Client and Server)

Select the type of service request: Click on the type of service request to create and click Next. The appropriate dialog for the type of request you selected appears. See the following sections on Using SQL External Data Services or Using Web Services External Data Services.