Integration Flashcards
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Which ERP integration approach is best suited for migrating 10 years of historical invoice data from a legacy system to a new ERP?
Answer: One-time bulk data migration with validation scripts
Historical data migration is a one-time, high-volume transfer that requires extraction, transformation, validation, and bulk loading rather than ongoing sync mechanisms.
In ERP integration governance, a 'service catalog' serves what purpose?
Answer: Documents available integration services, their owners, SLAs, and usage policies
An integration service catalog gives developers and stakeholders a single reference for what integration services exist, who owns them, and how to use them.
When ERP and HR systems exchange employee data, which regulation most commonly drives data-handling requirements for US-based companies?
Answer: HIPAA (if benefits data includes health information)
When HR data includes employee health or benefits information, HIPAA's privacy and security rules govern how that data must be protected in transit and at rest.
What is the primary benefit of using a publish-subscribe (pub/sub) pattern for ERP event integration?
Answer: Publishers and subscribers are decoupled, allowing new consumers without changing the publisher
Pub/sub decoupling means the ERP publishes an event (e.g., 'order created') and any number of downstream systems subscribe without the ERP needing to know who they are.
A middleware integration error log shows 'schema validation failure' on incoming purchase order messages. What should the integration team do first?
Answer: Compare the incoming message structure against the expected schema to identify the mismatch
Schema validation failures mean the incoming data doesn't match the expected format; inspecting the actual vs. expected schema reveals exactly which field is wrong.
What is 'data lineage' and why is it important in ERP integrations?
Answer: The traceable record of where data originated, how it was transformed, and where it flowed
Data lineage lets auditors and analysts trace any data value back through every integration step to its original source, which is critical for compliance and troubleshooting.
An organization runs SAP ERP on-premises and adopts a cloud-based procurement platform. Which integration architecture pattern best addresses connectivity across this hybrid environment?
Answer: Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) with pre-built cloud and on-premises connectors
iPaaS solutions are designed specifically for hybrid cloud/on-premises integration, providing connectors, monitoring, and managed infrastructure without requiring on-premises middleware.