var quiz = { questions : [ { text : 'Which is not a component of XI?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) Integration directory', 'b) Integration builder', 'c) Central monitoring', 'd) Mobile procurement', 'e) System landscape directory' ], answer : 3, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '

Mobile procurement allows field employees to search online supply catalogs, check inventories, compare features and pricing -- it is not part of SAP XI.', moreInfo : '- An introduction to SAP Exchange Infrastructure' }, { text : 'SAP XI usually reads messages in which language?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) XML', 'b) ABAP', 'c) Java', 'd) BPEL4WS' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a flexible format for storing data that can handle almost any kind of structure in a simple way.\n

\nSAP XI:\n

Has a way to define XML messages.\n
Stores the descriptions of messages in a repository and keeps track of where they should be sent in a directory.\n
Has the ability to map the fields of one message to another. SAP XI can then route the messages from one place to another or to many others.\n
Contains a special toolkit for building adapters that allows any program to send and receive messages.', moreInfo : '- XML definition' }, { text : 'Which is not associated with data stored in the in the integration repository?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) Industry-standard messages', 'b) SAP messages', 'c) IP addresses', 'd) Business process templates' ], answer : 2, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
\nSAP\'s XI integration repository is where SAP XI keeps the metadata that describes data types, messages, processes, and the mappings and connections between them.\n
\nNOTE: IP addresses are involved with the integration directory and the system landscape directory.', moreInfo : '- SAP Integration Repository definition' }, { text : 'Which component defines the structure of a message for the integration server?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) Integration directory', 'b) Integration builder', 'c) Central monitoring', 'd) Integration broker' ], answer : 1, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
\nThe integration builder is a comprehensive development environment used at design time. Integration builder is essentially a tool used to define messages and processes, map one format to another, configure the way they\'ll be used with other systems, and store all sorts of related information.\n
\nDefinitions are stored in the integration repository and configuration information is stored int he integration directory.', moreInfo : '- Integration Server definition
- Integration Builder definition' }, { text : 'SAP XI is compatible with software products of other companies (non-SAP applications)', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) True', 'b) False' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
SAP calls XI an integration broker because it mediates between entities with varying requirements in terms of connectivity, format, and protocols. According to SAP, XI reduces integration costs by providing a common repository for interfaces. The central component of SAP XI is the SAP Integration Server, which facilitates interaction between diverse operating systems and applications across internal and external networked computer systems.', moreInfo : '- SAP Exchange Infrastructure definition' }, { text : 'Which component assesses whether messages are successfully flowing between systems?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) Security', 'b) Central monitoring', 'c) Business process engine', 'd) System landscape directory' ], answer : 1, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
Central monitoring is an access point which gives you a view of the whole integration scenario and presents the constraints , technical end-to-end monitoring, and everything else you need so that you can see the path messages take.', moreInfo : '- Central Monitoring information' }, { text : 'Which part of the integration builder "creates rules"?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) Scenario editor', 'b) Process editor', 'c) Mapping editor', 'd) Condition editor', 'e) Interface editor' ], answer : 3, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
The integration builder:\n
- Define messages with the interface editor\n
- Create rules using the condition editor\n
- Map from one message format to another with the mapping editor\n
- Try to define the overall business process with the process editor\n
- Knit everything together with the scenario editor', moreInfo : '' }, { text : 'The integration builder has the ability to generate a "proxy"; what is a "proxy"?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) A complete blueprint of your business', 'b) A storage for the most technical parts of the infrastructure', 'c) A directory of technical information about the programs and computers being connected by SAP XI', 'd) A program that has a fill-in-the-blanks sort of structure that can be enhanced to do what you need' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
  A proxy is a programming stub, a program that has a fill-in-the-blanks sort of structure that can be enhanced to do what you need. You can then use the stub to implement the business application.', moreInfo : '- Proxy generation information' }, { text : 'BPEL4WS is the language used by the graphical tool in the model development process', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) True', 'b) False' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
  The graphical tool involved in the model development process builds its code in a language called BPEL4WS (Business Process Execution Language for Web Services).\n
  \nBPEL4WS is a standard jointly created by BEA Systems, IBM, Microsoft, SAP AG, and Siebel Systems.', moreInfo : '- BPEL4WS definition' }, { text : 'What component houses the receiver determination, interface determination and channel determination?', img : 'http://media.techtarget.com/WhatIs/images/spacer.gif', responses : [ 'a) Integration server', 'b) Integration directory', 'c) Integration repository', 'd) Integration builder' ], answer : 0, score : 1, expandedAnswer : '
  The integration server is the brain, where it all comes together at runtime. When you send a message, the message goes through the integration server. The processing of the message will be based upon the information that is configured in the integration directory, but all the thinking is done by the integration server using all the information in the integration repository and the integration directory.', moreInfo : '- SAP Integration Server definition' } ] };