Probably (some say "definitely" ...) the best way to learn about XML services in ChangeMan ZMF is to attend some of the training classes about XML services in ChangeMan ZMF, offered by AbitMORE.
As an alternative (even better: on top of that ...), consider using AbitMORE SCM Commander (ASC for short) to help you explore the XML universe! Because the major challenge in learning (and building experience) about XML in ChangeMan ZMF is to learn about:
- A few hundreds of available XML services (compare to learning about an API, where all together you have a few hundreds of API functions available).
- Over thousand of "request tags" (compares to input parameters for a function call).
- Over thousand of "result tags" (compares to outputs returned by a function call).
So do the math: how many possible combinations do you get if you have a few hundreds of functions, with over thousand input parameters, and over thousand output parameters? No human being can possible remember them all ... Here is just 1 sample to illustrate this, the set of XML services that have "promotionlevel" as an output tag:
That is also why AbitMORE uses ASC (and not XMLSERV ...) to teach about XML services in ChangeMan ZMF (e.g. about SERXMLBC, SERXMLRC, SERXMLCC, and even SERXMLAC). What is more, some of the existing ASC customers even didn't install XMLSERV anymore ... go figure!