IBM Siebel EAI Interview Questions

IBM Siebel EAI Interview Questions collected from interviews.

• What is the main difference between HTTP integration and web services?
• If web service has to send data to the Virtual Business Component– how can it be done?
• When you import a WSDL file in tools.u create a proxy BS.What happens if there is a change in the namespace in the WSDL. How would you change that in Siebel?
• Explain in detail the Siebel Integration architecture?
• What are the Siebel EAI value Maps ?
• Explain the difference between Siebel repository and SRF file ?
• Is it possible to Deploy and Activate the workflow Directly to the Application?
• Can you tell me what are the different Integration Component Keys?
• What arguments do we pass for upsert method in EAI Siebel Adapter?
• What is query page method In Siebel? How would retrieve another set of records using query page method? How will you set this up?
• How will you implement security in Web Services?
• Explain Web Service Architecture or how the input/output message comes/goes to/from siebel(soap messages converted into property sets)
• Can you tell me what are the user properties for proxy BS?
• What happens when we click on the Synchronous Button for an IO in Siebel?
• What are Integration Objects, and why they are needed? Why cant we integrate without having IOs?
• How will you find relationships between different integration components?
• What are the parameters we have to give for inbound http?
• Explain the differences between VBC and EBC?
• What are the various business service methods for VBC?
• What are the various Integration component user properties?
• How will you decide whether you have to use VBC or EBC?
• What do you mean by SOAP?
• Explain what is the difference between Name, Externam Name and xml tag in IC fields?
• What does synchronize method do in EAI Siebel Adapter?
• Differentiate between VBC and normal BC?
• Explain with a small example what do you mean by WSDL?
• How do you achieve "Web Service Security?What are Security mechanisms available in Siebel?
• Can we have a workflow Process as Web Service in Siebel ?If not Why ?
• How do you Deploy a Web Service in Siebel?and how do you share the Web Service details with external Application?
• How do you access External Data from Siebel?
• Explain how do you integrate with Siebel?
• Explain the Basic Needs for any basic integration scenario?
• Difference between EAI XML converted and XML Hierarchy converter?
• How is the address specified in Inbound Webservice?
• Can you tell me how JMS is different from RPC?
• Differentiate between Integration Objects and Integration Object Instances?
• What is the difference between EAI Dispatch Service and Workflow?
• How to publish an ASI as Siebel Inbound Web Service?
• Can you tell me how do you create an inbound Web Service?
• If the Object Manager is down will the Web Service work? What component must be up and running in order to successfully implement inbound Web Service?
• Explain what are the advantages of JMS?
• How do you create an External IO in Siebel?
• Why do we need Datamaps ?and what are the basic needs to have a Datamap?
• What are the IO user Properties? Can you explain with examples?
• What is an Inbound Web service and Outbound Web Service?
• How do you implement Inbound Web services and Outbound Web Service?
• What are the various transports supported by Siebel Applications for publishing web services?
• How do you create an outbound web service?
• How does inbound HTTP request work?
• What is the basic difference between Publish Subscribe model and P2P model?
• What are the methods available in EAI Siebel Adapter?
• How is the response send from Siebel end to the third party application using web services?
• Explain what are dispatcher services in Siebel?
• What is the difference between runtime Events and workflow policies?
• Why are Database Triggers and why we need them?
• Why do we need the Siebel Workflow Monitor Agent?
• Explain what is the difference between Workflow Process Manager and Monitor Agent ?
• What is the difference between topic and queue?
• How do you debug a Siebel workflow in a live environment ?
• What do you mean by Siebel Process Property and where do we use them?
• What are the various integration Techniques available in Siebel?
• While creating integration Objects – are the calculated fields created?