Create a Web Portal using Web services

The purpose of this document is to explain how to invoke a SOAP Web service from a web portal in PHP.

The portal gives you real-time access to your data, such as orders and customer information. Large files do not need to be shared through networks or via email. It is more secure since the data is stored on the software, and not on an external server. Sales employees working remotely are not only able to view the data, but they can also create new data such as sales orders from any computer with internet access via a browser.

Screenshots may be noticeably different depending on your product version and/or configuration.

You can create the portal using SOAP web services functionality. WampServer® is a Windows web development environment that allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP, and a MySQL database. In addition, PhpMyAdmin allows you to easily manage your databases. [Source: wampserver.com].

Target audience

This document is intended for experienced Sage X3 users with administrator level permissions who may or may not have prior experience with publishing web services. There is also a section specifically aimed at developers with advanced coding and web services knowledge.