Invoking TFS 2010 Web Services

Question

I want to change the time interval between the generation of reports done on the TFS Warehouse and the TFS Cube, using the procedure from this post on stackoverflow.

However, I do not seem to have the dialog and 'Invoke' command handy to be able to make changes to the TFS server, instead, I see this:

POST /tfs/TeamFoundation/Administration/v3.0/WarehouseControlService.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <ChangeSetting xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/TeamFoundation/2005/06/Services/Controller/03">
      <settingId>string</settingId>
      <newValue>string</newValue>
    </ChangeSetting>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

Is it that I do not have the necessary privileges to apply changes, or is it the settings of TFS that needs to be changes so I can invoke the web services? Anyways, I need to know how to invoke TFS web services.

EDIT I found out that I do not have the required permissions to change the wanted parameters:

Error: Access Denied: [...] needs the following permission(s) on the resource Warehouse to perform this action: Administer Warehouse

Are you doing this from the TFS Server's computer ? I mean it won't work if you're not directly logged into the TFS Server (in RDP if you don't have access to the physical computer), preferably using the TFS Admin account. — Nock, May 07 '12 at 20:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '12 at 10:38

I use two tools by Neno Loje to accomplish this scenario.

You do need to have the appropriate permissions though.

Invoking TFS 2010 Web Services

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