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According to the Archer API Guide and Administration II materials, the Archer APIs have specific formatting requirements based on their architecture. The SOAP API (Simple Object Access Protocol) is strictly bound to the XML-based SOAP protocol. It uses a Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to define the structure of its messages, and these messages must be formatted as XML . It cannot process or return JSON payloads.

In contrast, the RESTful API is more flexible; while it defaults to JSON for modern integrations, it is capable of supporting both XML and JSON depending on the "Content-Type" and "Accept" headers provided in the request. The Content API , which is a specific subset of the Archer RESTful infrastructure, also follows these multi-format capabilities. Therefore, the statement that the SOAP API can use JSON is the incorrect one. For administrators building integrations, understanding this distinction is vital, as modern web applications typically prefer JSON, but legacy Archer SOAP services will reject any request that is not valid XML.

To build a hierarchical view within a single application (like a "Manager" field in the Contacts application that points back to another record in the Contacts application), Archer utilizes Internal References . As taught in the Archer Administration II Advanced Search module, when an application references itself, you can use Directional Search logic to traverse the hierarchy.

By configuring the search to look "Upstream" or "Downstream" through the internal reference, Archer can recursively find all subordinates under a manager or all managers above an employee. This allows the system to flatten a complex organizational tree into a readable report. External References (Option B) are used between different applications, and Statistical Search (Option D) is used for mathematical aggregations (Sum, Count, Average). Only the combination of Internal References and Directional Search provides the specialized recursive logic required to map out a multi-level organizational hierarchy.

This is a core concept of the Archer Data Gateway (ADG) feature. While traditional Data Feeds (Option A) and Data Imports (Option C) work by pulling a copy of external data and saving it into the Archer SQL database, Data Gateway functions differently. It provides a "window" into an external data source.

As taught in the Archer Administration II integration module, ADG allows users to view and interact with data stored in external SQL databases or other systems as if the data were inside Archer, but the information remains in the source system. This is crucial for high-volume data or sensitive information where "duplication" is prohibited by policy or storage constraints. APIs (Option D) are used to programmatically move data but still generally involve moving a copy of that data. Data Gateway is the only listed feature specifically designed for "non-duplicating" interaction.