I’ve read through some of the MWS docs to figure out how to do this, but I thought I’d ask the community in hopes of getting a pointer to an easy way to do what I need.

I want to create a page, visible by any MWS user, that shows various custom data. I want to have the page/portlet/data provider/whatever invoke one or more IS services to get the data. The data will be simple single value vars or sometimes a relatively short list (no paging anticipated). Something like:

Type X documents waiting: 28
Type Y documents waiting: 9
Type Z documents waiting: 43

Service X last ran: 19:43 2009/08/05 - Success
Service Y last ran: 19:43 2009/08/05 - Error

I know how to do this in DSP within IS Administrator (easy peasy) but I think MWS is the better spot for the particular data I want to share. Can anyone point me to the docs/tutorial that would guide me in the right direction? Content/page creation and menu additions is what I’ll need.

I know I’m being a bit lazy but I’m hoping someone will indulge my laziness and say “duh, it’s on page 38 of the foobar guide.”

I’m no expert of MWS, but you may check the “7-2_Designer_Composite_Application_Framework_Help.pdf”
“Seach Sample” or “Northwind Sample” both use IS service.
Also check the “List Control”.
HTH,
Tong