Design Method

This page allows you to create the methods for designing the service.

Select the “Design Method” hyperlink at the bottom of the “Service-X Designer” page.

The “Design Method” page appears.

Enter the following details in the “search criteria” group box:

Method Name Like	The name of the method by which you wish to retrieve the existing method details.
Stored Proc. Name Like	The name of the stored procedure by which you wish to retrieve the existing method details.
Operation Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the operation type by which you wish to retrieve the existing method details. The combo is loaded with “Fetch” and “Update”.
Rule Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the rule type by which you wish to retrieve the existing method details. The combo is loaded with “System Generated” and “Custom Object”.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to search the method details.

The system retrieves the details and displays in the multiline.

The Design Method page has 2 tabs

Tab: Method

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Method Name	The unique name of the method.
Stored Proc. Name	The stored procedure name for the method.
Operation Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the operation type for designing the method. The combo is loaded with “Fetch” and “Update”. The system displays “Fetch” by default on launch of the page.
Rule Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the rule type for designing the method. The combo is loaded with “System Generated” and “Custom Object”. The system displays “System Generated” by default on launch of the page. System Generated – Option is selected if a stored procedure has to be called for the method. Custom Object – Option is selected if a custom dll has to be called instead of stored procedure.
SP Message Protocol	Use the drop-down list box to select the Stored Procedure (SP) message protocol for designing the method. The combo is loaded with “Out Parameter”, “Selected Column” and “Multiple Resultset”. The system displays “Out Parameter” by default on launch of the page.
Access DB	Select the check box to access the method using database. Mandatory.

The system displays the following in the multiline.

Base Artifact

The system indicates whether the method is base method or extension method.

Click the “Save” pushbutton to save the method details.

Tab: Method Parameter

Enter the following detail in the header:

Method Name

Use the drop-down list box to select the method name for defining the method parameter. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in the “Method” tab.

The system displays the following in the header.

Stored Proc. Name

The stored procedure name for the method.

Enter the following detail in the header:

Include Context

Select the check box to include the context parameter as IN parameters for the selected method.

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Parameter Seq. No	The sequence number of the method parameter.
Parameter Name	The unique name of the method parameter.
Recordset Name	The recordset name is defined for returning the multiple result set.
RS Seq. No	The sequence number of the record set.
Flow Direction	Use the drop-down list box to select the flow direction for the method parameter. The combo is loaded with “In”, “Out” and “In/Out”. The system displays “In” by default on launch of the page.
Business Term	Use the drop-down list box to select the business term for defining the method parameter. The combo is loaded with values as defined in the “Masters”.

The system displays the following in the multiline.

Base Artifact

The system indicates whether the method parameter is base parameter or extension parameter.

Click the “Save” pushbutton to save the method parameter details.

The system saves the method details and defaults to the Service-X Designer page.