Submitting requests

Requests can be submitted in a variety of ways to an ITP/Server. A full description of the used protocols can be found in the ITP/Server Manual. In the same Manual API's and Java Classes that can be used to submit requests from your applications are described. However, to make submitting a job for test purposes easy, a Test tool is provided with ITP/Server. This tool available from the menu Tools .

The Test tool

We advise to use the Test tool according the following rules:

1. Start the Test Tool from the ITP/Server Tool menu.
2. Choose a Service from the Services listed on the Services tab of the ITP/Server Administrator. RunMdl is installed with ITP/Server. This Service runs an ITP Model.
3. Check the Service tab to see which parameters this Service expects. RunMdl needs two: a model name and a path and name.extension for the result document.
4. Make sure that the interface used by ITP/Server is TCP/IP. Check this on the Manager tab of ITP/Server.
5. Set the log level on the Logging tab to 4.
6. Go to the Test Tool and enter the ITP/Server host and the port as set on the Manager tab.
7. Enter the Job parameters as found on the Service tab of the chosen Service. The first parameter must be the name of the chosen Service. (For instance: RunMdl)
8. Press the 'Submit' button or the 'Submit async' button.
9. Any progress messages will appear in the messages pane.
10. Check the result.
11. Use the log to analyze any errors.