Web Services in FM?

[eliza_jane]

Can web services be used or consumed in FM?

[MFGF]

Kind of sort of yes but no (how's that for a confusing answer! :) )

FM cannot directly consume web services as data sources, but Cognos 8 has a component called Virtual View Manager (VVM), which is an EII technology based on Composite Data Server.  VVM can consume web services - you need to configure it first and model the data in VVM, then it can in turn be accessed via an ODBC link from within FM.

Hope that helps!

MF.

[eliza_jane]

Thanks..That really helps..