Using the M3 API Editor

General Information

This contains general information about the method that wraps the M3 API program.

The fields in the General Information are as follows:

Name: Name of the web service method
M3 API Program: Name of the M3 MI/API program that is wrapped by the web service
Wrapped Transaction: Transaction in the M3 MI/API program that is wrapped by the web service method
Alias: Alias of the transaction in the MI/API program
Short Description: Short description of the program
Long Description: Long description of the program

The second section contains two tables – Input to program and Output from program.

Input to program

This table contains all the available fields, both required and optional fields that a selected M3 MI/API program has on all its panels. You can edit the aliases for the input fields.

Mandatory are required input that M3 programs need in order to work.
Optional inputs are not required.
You can edit the Type for the input parameters.

Note: The aliases are displayed only if you have selected the Create field alias check box while creating the method.

See Creating a method wrapping an M3 API program.

Output from program

The output fields are the results that a web service publishes after successful execution. The result should be the same as the output of the selected M3 MI/API program when it is run in the Infor Smart Office.

You must select which fields you want returned to the calling client. All output fields are optional, but without any output fields, a warning is given. See information about specifying output fields in Specifying the output fields.