Behavioral TIBCO Interview Questions & Answers:

1. Explain What is alias file in TIBCO?

TIBCO Designer allows to create alias to resources that can
be reused across projects.
Alias are used in 2 resources
1)AliasLibrary- Used to alias file system resources like
the jar files needed in the project.
2)Library builder- Used to alias shared resources like
Schemas, SSL Certs, BW processes needed during design time.

2. Why we implement the TIBCO in our organisation or company?

see when we intract with any applications or dbs commnly we use protocols or connections.sometimes protocols also doesnt support to intract applications by rectifying all those things we need a middleware application. Tibco is the one of the middleware application

why we choose this?

becuase most midleware applications will follow server architecture but tibco follows bus architecture with special feature called tibco rv

3. Once we have deployed the ear file in Tibco admin, In which location the data/service/properties will store?

If the installation folder of tibco will be in C directory
then once we have deployed the ear file ,the information
will be stored in the following location.

if domain name is mydomain and projectname is TestOne then

Log files :
C:tibcotradomainmydomainapplicationlogs

TestOne.tra file :(it contains all properties) :

C:tibcotradomainmydoaminapplicationTestOne

Service/Project :C:tibcotradomainmydomaindatafiles

4. If there are two sub processes then how can we call at a time one sub process dynamically by using call process?

In call process we have an option as Process Name Dynamic
Override, this field is used to determine dynamically
which process to call when the process instance is
running.But here both the sub process should have the same
input,output and error schema.

5. By using which BW palette we can create DB table?

by using the "SQL Direct activity " in the JDBC palette

6. What is the Difference between JMS queue reciever and JMS queue requestor?

JMS Queue receiver is a starter activity. It starts a
process on the recipt of a message for the specified JMS
queue, it is listening to.
ON the other hand, JMS queue requestor is not a starter
activity, it is used to send a request to a JMS queue and
receives a response back from the JMS client. This activity
uses temporary destinations to ensure that reply messages
are received only by the process that sent the request.

7. What is a spawn in call process?

Specifies whether to spawn a new machine process
for executing the called process. If this option is
checked, the parent process cannot access the called
process' output. The called process is executed in a
separate process instance.

8. What is process name dynamic override?

An XPath formula specifying the name of the process
to call. Use this field to dynamically determine which
process to call when the process instance is running.

You can use the Process Name Dynamic Override field on the Configuration tab
to specify an XPath expression that determines which process to call. This is
useful for calling a different process depending upon the value of the XPath
expression. For example, you have an incoming HTTP request that contains an
attribute named orderAmount. For all incoming orders over $10,000, you wish to
call a process that includes activities in the Manual Work palette to obtain the
proper approvals. For orders under $10,000, you wish to call a process that
handles the order automatically. You can create the following expression that
resolves to the proper process name for each type of order:
if($IncomingOrder/orderAmount > 10000) then
'/MyProject/manualApproval.process'
else '/MyProject/processOrder.process'
Use the full path and name of the process file as stored in the project directory.
When you use the Process Name Dynamic Override field, you must also specify a
process to call in the Process field. The input, output, and error definitions of the
specified process must be the same as any process that the expression in the
Process Name Dynamic Override field can evaluate to.
Input
See TIBCO BusinessWorks Process Design Guide for more information about
mapping and transforming input data.
The input for the activity is the following.
It may be helpful to create process definitions that act as programmatic interfaces
when using the Process Name Dynamic Override field.
In the example above, you may create a process named orderProcessOrApprove.
The only purpose of this process is for specifying the input, output, and error
schemas. Place this process in the Process field of the Call Process tab. Then,
create the manualApproval and processOrder process definitions as copies of the
orderProcessOrApprove process. The Call Process activity then has the correct
input, output, and error schemas for all processes that can be called.
If you use the Process Name Dynamic Override field, make sure you include all
potentially callable subprocesses when you create your Process Archive for
deployment. TIBCO Designer cannot determine which subprocesses are
potentially callable at design time, and therefore they cannot be automatically

9. What is business key?

This string is appended to the AE
tracking info appInfo field. The AE
tracking info for messages published is a
concatenation of bw + <processName> +
<jobID> + <businessKey>.
Note: It is a good idea to have all
publishers in a process use the same
business key. Only the most recent
publisher’s business key is used in the
tracking info for the message.

10. What is custom id?

This field can contain an XPath expression that
specifies a custom ID for the process instance. This ID
is displayed in the View Service dialog of TIBCO
Administrator, and it is also available in the
$_processContext process variable.