Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004: Creating a Schema Map
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Building on Microsoft Windows Server System and the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 delivers an integrated, interoperable, modularized, extensible, and security-enhanced e-business solution that enables companies to connect information, systems, people, and processes. The labs in this series build upon each other to give a "top to bottom" experience of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. This lab you will create a schema map, add functoids to the map, and finally validate the map.
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004: Creating a Schema Map
Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
Scenario
As part of a B2B process, Northwind Traders needs to send orders to a supplier named Fabrikam. Northwind Traders uses a file format for customer orders that is different from the purchase order format that Fabrikam requires. Because of this, you must create a schema map to transform Northwind Traders’ customer order schema format to the purchase order schema format required by Fabrikam.
In this lab, you will create a schema map to associate specific fields in a customer order (the source schema) to corresponding fields in Fabrikam’s purchase orders (the destination schema).
You will then add functoids to the map in order to perform special transforms between fields in the source schema and destination schema. Finally, you will validate the map, and then build the project to compile the map and associated schemas and to confirm that there are no errors in the project.
To actually complete this lab you can sign up for for free. It's simple — no complex setup or installation is required to try out BizTalk running in the full-featured MSDN Virtual Lab. As part of the MSDN Virtual Lab, you will have full access to BizTalk to complete the lab by going Here.
Estimated time to complete this lab: 45 minutes
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