According to the documentation the data in soap workflow is xml. From the help documentation: “when the initial input task is run, the XML request is output onto the process”. When I set up a workflow with a soap input and end the workflow in a send to folder output I would expect an XML file. However, when I send a test all I get is an unreadable file. How can I generate sample xml file from a soap workflow for use with designer? My intent is to acquire all of the variable data used in a template from the soap request.
Well to put it plainly, the documentation is wrong and you’re the first one to report it!
The SOAP Input task receives a file (as the documentation correclty states, it can only be used to respond to the SubmitJob() command, which requires you to submit a file). It is that file that gets passed to the process. So if you want the XML file to be used by the Designer, then you must attach that XML file to your request from your SOAP client.