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UseofUserDefinedTransforminDataService4.Xfor
AccessingWebServicePart1
PostedbyTittoAntonyinDataServicesandDataQualityon10May201308:49:29
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InthisblogIwillbeexplaininghowtousetheUser_DefinedTransforminDataServices4.xfor
accessingWebServices.

UserDefinedTransform

TheUserDefinedtransformprovidesyouwithcustomprocessinginadataflowusingfullPython
scriptinglanguage.ItcandojustaboutanythingthatyoucanwritePythoncodetodo.Youcanuse
theUserDefinedtransformtogeneratenewrecords,populateafieldwithaspecificvalue,createa
file,connecttoawebsite,orsendanemail,justtonameafewpossibilities.UserDefined
TransformscomesundertheDataQualityTransforms.

Introduction

HereImdemonstratingaprocesswhereIwillbeaccessingawebserviceandmappingthe
responseandfromthewebservicetoatargettableusingtheuserdefinedtransform.i.e.keyfield
comingfromthesource(hardcodedvalue)ispassedtothewebserviceandtherequiredoutputis
extractedfromthewebserviceresponse.

Inthisprocessweareusingasimplerestfulwebservicethatwillbeacceptingthekeyvaluefrom
thesourceasaparameters

http://Server_Path:parameter1=value1?parameter2=Value2

OutputofthewebServiceisasimpleXMLStructurewhichwillbelike

<RootTag>
<name>OutputNeedtoMappedtoTarget</name>
</RootTag>

StepbyStepDetailsofProcessFollowed
1)CreateabatchjobandbuildthescenariointheDataflow.Forourscenariowehavetwoinput
rowsandvalueofthekeyfieldthatneedtobepassedtotheuserdefinedtransformisexplicitly
providedusingtheQuerytransform.

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2)MaptheinputtotheUserDefinedtransform.OpentheUserDefinedtransformandmap
inputfieldsfromtheschemaintotheschemaoutoftheTransformwhichneedtobedirectly
mappedtothetarget.InourcasewecanmaptheMAT_KEYfieldintheinputschematothe
schemaoutofthetransform.

2)3)TouseinputfieldinaPythonexpressioninyourUserDefinedtransform,wefirstneedto
mapittoarecognizedfieldnameintheInputtab.ForthatDraganddroptheinputfieldwhich
needtobeusedintheUserDefinededitorintotheinputtaboftheEditor.Soarewemappingthe
inputfieldMATNRintotheinputtaboftheuserdefinedtransform.

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3)4)InUserDefinedusercannoteditoptionsintheUserDefinedtransformeditor.Toedit
options,youmustusetheUserDefinededitor,whichisaccessedfromtheOptionstabintheUser
Definedtransformeditor.

4)5)TheUserDefinedtransformcontainsoptionsthatdeterminehowthetransformprocesses
data.Therearetwomodestoprocessthedatatheyare

Percollection:Appliestheexpressiontoentiredatacollection.Usethisoptionwhenaddingnew
records,whichdidnotexistbefore,intothedataflow.SelectingthisoptiondisplaystheGroup
Formingoptiongroup,inwhichyousetupbreakgroupsandcandidateselection.

Perrecord:Appliestheexpressiontoeachrecord.Youcannotaddnewrecordsintothedataflow
withthisoption.Thisoptionisthedefaultandwhatyouwillwanttousemostoften.
InthisdemonstrationweareusingtheperrecordDataprocessingmode

5)6)ClicktheLaunchPythonEditorbuttontoaccessthePythonExpressioneditor.

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6)7)InthePythonExpressioneditor,createandeditPythoncodeintheeditorpaneofthewindow.
ThePythonexpressionthatyoucreateheredependsonwhatyouneedtodowithUserDefined
transform.PythonExpressioneditorcontainThePythonAPItabwhichlisttheobjects,functions,
classes,andmethodsthatareavailableforthespecifictransformandprocessingmode.

AnditalsocontainstheI/OFieldstabdisplaystheinputfieldsandoutputfieldsthathavebeen
mappedintheUserDefinedtransform.wecanalsoadd,delete,andeditthepropertiesofuser
definedinputandoutputfieldsfromthistabbyrightclickingInputFieldsorOutputFieldsand
selectingInsert,Delete,orProperties.

7)8)NextwewillbecreatinganoutputfieldwithanameDESC_OUTbyrightclickingtheOutput
fieldsandselectingInsert.Outputofthetransformismappedtothisfieldinourpythoncode.

8)9)PythonExpressioneditorisusedtocreateourpythonexpressionfordoingtherequired
transformationlogic.InourcasewehavetobuildtheWebServiceURLbyappendingtheInput
keyfieldandcallthewebserviceforgettingtheresponseandextracttheoutputfieldfromthe
response.Pleasefindbelowthepythonexpressionwebuiltforhandlingtheabovementioned
process.Moredetailsexplanationthepythonexpressionwillbegiveninthepart2foryour
reference

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9)10)Afterthecreatingthepythonexpressionwecanvalidatetheexpressionbyclickingthe

ValidatebuttoninthePythonExpressioneditor.ThesyntaxcheckermakessurethatthePython
codehasrequiredcolon(:)characters,stringliteralclosingcharactersandCorrectindentation.

1011)OncomingbacktotheUserdefinedtransformyouhavespecifytheoutputfieldsthatneedto
bemappedtotheoutputofthetransform.Theseareusefulifyourepeatedlyuseatransformwith
differentandinputandoutputfields

1112)NextwehavetomaptheoutputoftheUserDefinedmappingtothetargettableandrunthe
job.Hereinmytargettablethefieldvaluecomingfromtheuserdefinedtransformismappedto
DESCfieldinthetarget.

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1213)Pleasefindtheinputandoutputgenerated

ThesearetheStepsthatarefollowedtoaccessawebserviceusinguserdefinedtransform.By
usingtheaboveapproachwecanaccessawebservicewhichcannotbeaccessedusing
conventionalwaysavailableintheBODS.

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6Comments
TittoAntony17May201313:22

pleasevisit http://scn.sap.com/community/dataservices/blog/2013/05/10/useofuserdefined
transformindataservice4xforaccessingwebservicepart2fordetailsonpythoneused.
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MikhailBudilov01Dec201323:41

AddsupportPython3.3.xinDS:ViewIdea
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TittoAntony19Sep201414:06(inresponsetoMikhailBudilov)

Done

Mikhailniceinitiativeanditsuseful..
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PanCheng19Sep201415:52

Niceone..
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Shaneel25May201507:58

Hi,

DoesthewebservicehavetobeconfiguredbyaSAPBasispersonorcanitbedonebya
Developer?

Alsowouldyoubeabletohelpmeonwhatchecks/configurationsneedtobedonetogetthe
WebServicetowork?

IamcurrentlytryingtoconsumeaSharePointWebService,andIamnewtoSAP.

ThankYou,
Shaneel.
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TittoAntony28Jun201519:26(inresponsetoShaneel)

Youcandirectlyconsumethewebserviceifitisaccessibleformthejobservermachine.
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