Most Frequently Asked Oracle Bam Interview Questions and Answers
1. Question 1. What Is Bam And
Why We Use It?
Answer :
BAM stands for Business
Activity Monitoring. This monitors various types of business activities,
reports on them and sends out alerts when thresholds are reached or surpassed.
2. Question 2. What Are The
Features Of Bam?
Answer :
Below are the
features of BAM:
o
With BAM, end
users, operational managers and to some extend analysts get a real-time
overview of the state of ongoing affairs.
o
It is required to
improve decision-making processes.
o
It is also used to
understand Key Performance Indicators (KPI) affecting processes.
3. Question 3. What Are Different
Components Of Bam?
Answer :
BAM has 4
components:
o
Active Viewer
o
Active Studio
o
Architect
o
Administrator
4. Question 4. Explain Each
Component?
Answer :
Active Viewer:
o
Oracle BAM Active
Viewer is the thin user interface for the business user.
o
When new,
information is available; the user receives an instant message that contains a
link to the information.
o
The user opens
Active Viewer through this link and a report is displayed.
o
Report formats
include charts, columns, cross tab, spread sheets, KPIs, lists and more.
o
These different
formats can be combined in one report or viewed in separate reports.
Active Studio:
o
Oracle BAM Active
Studio is the thin user interface for the power user.
o
Through Active
Studio, the power user can create and edit reports.
o
Report creation
includes field selection, formatting, filtering, calculated fields, and
summaries.
o
Reports may be
published and rules can be created for determining the scheduling and delivery
of the reports.
o
View types
include: charts, columnar, cross tab, spread sheets, KPIs, lists and more.
Architect:
o
Oracle BAM
Architect is the thin user interface for the data designer focused on creating
data objects in the Oracle BAM Active Data Cache so that power users can create
reports.
o
Through Oracle BAM
Architect, the data designer creates data objects, creates and schedules data
flow plans, imports and creates metadata, and maintains the data objects and
rules.
o
Oracle BAM
Architect is seamlessly integrated with Oracle BAM Active Studio.
Administrator:
o
Oracle BAM
Administrator is the thin user interface for the system administrator who is
responsible for user management and overall server management.
o
Through Oracle BAM
Administrator, the system administrator can add or delete users, define
security levels for users and objects, manage the Oracle BAM Active Data Cache,
and maintain and configure Oracle BAM services.
5. Question 5. What Is Data
Object?
Answer :
Data objects are tables that
store raw data in the database. Each data object has a specific layout which
can be a combination of data fields, lookup fields, and calculated fields.
6. Question 6. How To Get Data
From Jms Queue/topic To Bam Data Object?
Answer :
By using EMS (Enterprise
Message Source).
7. Question 7. What Is Ems?
Answer :
Enterprise Message Sources
(EMS) is used by applications to provide direct Java Message Service (JMS)
connectivity to the Oracle BAM Server. Each EMS connects to a specific JMS
topic or queue, and the information is delivered into a data object in the
Oracle BAM Active Data Cache.
8. Question 8. Can We Have User
Based Access In Bam?
Answer :
Yes, we can have user based
access in BAM.
9. Question 9. By How Many Ways
We Can Do Soa Service Monitoring?
Answer :
We can use below options
available to monitor SOA service.
o
BAM Adapter
o
Sensors
10. Question 10. When We Need To
Use Bam Adapter?
Answer :
BAM adapter is used when we
want to do monitoring at composite level or when we need to monitor full
message.
11. Question 11. When We Can Use
Sensors?
Answer :
Sensors are used when we want
to do variable and activity level monitoring.
12. Question 12. What Is Sensor
Action?
Answer :
Sensor action is linked to
sensor. In sensor action we define what action we need to perform on sensor
data.
13. Question 13. Types Of Sensor
Actions?
Answer :
There are two types of sensor
actions.
o
Sensor action
o
BAM sensor action
14. Question 14. Where We Use
Sensor Action?
Answer :
By using sensor action we can
publish the sensor data to Database, JMS Queue/topic, Custom Java and JMS
adapter.
15. Question 15. Where And When We
Use Bam Sensor Action?
Answer :
We used this sensor when we
need to directly send the sensor data to BAM data object.
16. Question 16. What Is Bam
Alert?
Answer :
Business Activity Monitoring
has alert feature which we can use when we want to perform some action based on
some data insertion or data change.
17. Question 17. Can We Use Bam
Alert To Invoke External Web Service?
Answer :
Yes, we can use BAM alerts to
invoke external web service.
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