Biztalk Map Interview Questions & Answers

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Yes, right click the map and select Validate Map. The output window will include "The output XSLT is stored in the following file:" and the location of the XSLT file.

Yes, it's possible and it can be done with the help of Scripting functoids or creating the custom functoids.

Rules are used to provide highly efficient, easily changeable business rules evaluation to Business Processes. This allows rules to be changed without rebuilding and redeploying .net assemblies. The Business Rules Engine (BRE) can also be called from any .net component through the API’s.

Transformations are more flexible and fast when they are executed from a send or receive port. We can replace map on the ports without any development effort. But if we replace map in orchestration we have to recompile and redeploy the orchestration assembly.

Yes. The choosing inline code allows us to declare global variables outside the method declaration. These are accessible throughout the map from within all inline code scripting functoids.

Using maps he can accomplish Semantic Transformations. This type of transformation usually occurs only in BizTalk maps but also can be performed inside pipelines. Here the document maintains the same syntax that is represented (XML), but changes its semantics (data content). This type of transformation is typically one-way, since that's when we added and aggregate small parts of the information, that compose the document into another differently document, we may miss important details of its reconstruction.

☛ Persistence is when the state of a running Orchestration is stored into SQL.
☛ It is good enough to know various shape and actions cause persistence. More specifically, it occurs: end of a transactional scope, at a send shape, at a start Orchestration shape, during dehydration, if the system shuts down expectedly or unexpectedly, or the business process suspends or ends.

Yes, its possible. It can be done by including the <Any> element in the map.

Click on the map grid and in properties tab specify the location where custom XSLT is stored against the property "Custom XSLT path".

It is a tool that runs within the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET environment after you install BizTalk Server. We use the Mapper to create and edit maps.

No it is not possible to use the untyped message in the map

Yes. Right click the map to debug and select "Debug Map".

Direct binding has three types: direct to message box, self correlating, and partner ports.

No. As everything which we see in Map grid (links, functoids) are overwritten when external XSLT is used.

There is no limit.

Yes, it can be done, by creating a new schema which will contain fields for capturing values from Orchestration variable and with the help of LoadXml to load the values. This schema can be used along with an other source schema and mapping can be done. The variable also can be passed inside the Assign shop in an expression.

.btm is a BizTalk Server map file.

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There is no limit, it depends on the requirement and complexity of the map.

Yes, but you need to create these kind of maps inside Orchestrations only! This type of maps must be created using the Transform shape within an Orchestration. Orchestration Editor creates an envelope schema which includes all nested message schemas. Once created you can use this map on ports as well.

Yes. But to do so custom XSLT is to be provided to the map.

The user needs to be a member of the hot group or isolated host group (assuming a default installation).

☛ Distinguished fields are light weight and can only be used inside an Orchestration.
☛ Promoted Properties are defined inside a property schema, are tracking in SQL, can be tracked in HAT, and can be used for content based routing.

A Lot. The best answer something like I have a custom written installation document I use or I always referrer to the most current updated installation guide from Microsoft.

Multiple pages enable you to organize your links so that any one page does not become too cluttered and confusing.It is also very helpful to label the pages and the links.