Biztalk Edi Interview Preparation Guide

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BizTalk already ships with the standard EDI schemas. To use it we need to extract the schemas using the MicrosoftEdiXSDTemplates.exe file, located in the root of the XSD_SchemaEDI folder.

The EDI sends pipeline performs a party lookup by performing a series of steps to determine whether there is a match between the outgoing interchange and the properties of a party.

Sending messages from one orchestration to another is done by using Direct Binding technique. It is also being used for sending messages directly into the message box. It is used in publish and subscribe system in BizTalk for sending messages among orchestrations.

Message routing is a method of passing through BizTalk without being processed.
Content routing is a method of passing of the message which is based on certain field value of the schema.

The process of saving your running orchestration state at certain point is called persistence.

Orchestration engine persist a running instance which is based on the design of orchestration.

There are few events or stages, which triggers the persistence operation called persistence points.

Before jumping in to do as the error message suggests, let’s think for a moment about what that entails.

Inspect every Receive and Send shape to determine if it uses a Message variable that’s associated with the schema you want to change.

Its not a good practice to create a single orchestration with so many Receive/Send shapes.

Delete Port connections, once you find all the Receive/Send shapes.

Change the Message variable so that the Message Type property is set to the new schema and then re-associate the Message variable with each Receive/Send shape.

Find all the Port Types that are associated with the Ports you disconnected from Receive/Send shapes and reset their Operation’s Message Type properties.

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is a document standard which when implemented acts as common interface between two or more computer applications in terms of understanding the document transmitted. It is commonly used by big companies for e-commerce purposes, such as sending orders to warehouses or tracking their order.

UTF-8 is the default Character set supported and it is used for run-time validation and applies only to EDI X12.

Yes it's possible to receive Multiple interchange in a single message and to parse it, the pipeline property called DetectMID is to be set as True.

Content-based routing provides flexibility for users who want to route messages based on envelope properties or on receive port configuration properties. Routing can be performed based on information contained in the envelope of the document or even configuration information from the receive location.

A BizTalk Server business process involves receiving, processing, and sending messages. Some messages do not require intensive processing in an orchestration. They can benefit from a simpler and more efficient solution called Content-based routing.

Purpose of deriving up-to-date metrics and key performance indicators from the BAM databases, Business Integration tools are used. The forecasting of process trends by uses and monitoring processes in real time scenarios is done by using BI tools. Users get alerts for situations which need their intervention for preventing undesirable outcome for encouraging beneficial results, a mechanism is provided by BAM.

EDI solutions are on the same line as XML solutions but involved more complexities in schema, maps etc. Also few more things are to be done like setting up and configuring the trading partners (business profiles, parties, agreements etc.).

Either of the following : None,CR,LF or CRLF

Business data and process milestones are captured by Business Activity Monitoring(BAM), which is a module in BizTalk . Business decisions makers are allowed by BAM for gaining insight for their in-flight process.

Yes it's possible. To do so reference to Microsoft.BizTalk.Edi.BaseArtifacts.dll should be added.

When BizTalk is not able to resolve the agreement, then it uses the fallback agreement properties.

EDI pipelines are not included in the Application as XML and Pass Thru pipelines are available. A reference to the BizTalk EDI Application is to be explicitly added so as to use EDI pipelines.

Information worker can set parameters for an orchestration that implements a business process, which a business analyst may not be able to create.

Developer creating an orchestration can define parameters for an orchestration to enable information workers configure it. An information worker sets those parameters using the TPM service by specifying their values in the partner’s agreement.

A rules engine is a software system, which is used for executing one or more business rules in a dynamic production environment. The rules might be from legal regulation, company policies or any other resources.

☛ 1) By using content based routing, files can be transferred.
☛ 2) By creating receive port and send port. If send port is configuring, provide the condition as BTS.
☛ 3) Receiveportname= <receive_portname created>

There are four options which can be used as deciding factor and then release:
☛ Schedule : At regular intervals
☛ Maximum Number of Transaction Sets :Fixed number of transactions within an Interchange
☛ Maximum Number of Characters in an Interchange : Number of characters
☛ External Release Trigger : Whenever a Trigger Message is given to BizTalk

The promotion of Prompted Fields/Properties is done in the message context by a pipeline called receive pipeline at the time when a message is received on a port. This task is performed by dis-assembler pipeline component (XML or a flat file dis-assembler). In addition to it, custom pipeline component could also be performing it.

BizTalk server detects the potential for certain race conditions, which are ensured that all correlated messages are received by the same orchestration instance. The potentiality of these race conditions is detected by BizTalk server. These messages are treated as a ‘convoy’. A convoy set is a group of correlation sets. All such subsequent messages which match the general subscription are evaluated against the convoy set, and the matched convoys are routed to an existing port.

BAM is used to monitor business milestones and key metrics in near real-time throughout a process in BizTalk.

BizTalk requires the qualifier and identifier fields for sender and receiver in order to perform agreement resolution. It will match the values of ISA5, ISA6, ISA7, and ISA8 in the interchange header with those in the properties of an agreement.