Explain Plan Web Services

Overview

The Registry has the User Interface feature "Test Mapping" which can be used to test an input file against a Mapping. This feature is very useful when debugging why a mapping did not occur. This page details how to directly call the Web Services that perform the explanation of a mapping

Note: This UI feature and the Web Services require authentication into the Registry

The Web Services

There are 2 Web Services. The firsts "explains" why the

'Explain Map' Web Service

• An HTTP POST request
• Takes the parameters "URN" and the input file
• Returns the mapped and unmapped keys

Entry Point	>ws/secure/structuremap/explainmap
Access	Secure
Http Method	POST
Response Format	application/json (array of objects)
Response Statuses	200 - Query Ok

'Explain Plan' Web Service

• An HTTP GET request
• Takes the parameters "dsd", "map", "key"
• Returns the input, mappings and output

Entry Point: <registry>ws/secure/structuremap/explainplan