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PI GUID E2E Inbound is a test that will inject the message to the SAP PI or SAP PO middleware platform. It can also perform validation of the middleware platform outbound message as well as validate database entries created by the message processing in the backend ABAP based system.

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Parameter name

Description

Example

Database validation ruleset

Reference database validation ruleset object name.

Database validation ruleset specify how related backend validation should be performed. Specify tables, fields and join conditions for the backend validation.

Buttons allow navigation to the chosen database validation ruleset and creation of a new database validation ruleset
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Variables

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Variables are the container for values that can be used during testing. Each variable contains two values, the one that is calculated based on the reference message/document and the one that is calculated ad-hoc during test case execution.

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Create button allows variable creation.

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Output payloads after processing by SAP PI/PO are validated against previously stored references. This configuration enables adding rules with exceptions that will allow for differences.

File Type

Processing

XML

XPath

JSON

JSONPath

Flat Files, X12, EDIFACT

Int4 Flat File Syntax or REGEX

File Type

Processing

XML

XPath

JSON

JSONPath

Flat Files, X12, EDIFACT

Int4 Flat File Syntax or REGEX

Parameter name

Description

Example

Description

Free text for the exception rule

Field1

Expression Type

Expression type. Available options:

  • unspecified

  • XPath

  • Flat expression

This field is optional for all interfaces where there is a single type of output. However, for interfaces that output might be both XML and flat file, it is mandatory to specify the expression type.

XPath

Expression

Path pointing to the field/node where the exception should be applied.

//ORDER/DATE/text()  (XPATH expression) or

START_TAG(BGM+220+)&&END_TAG(+)&& (Flat file expression) or

$.order.date (JSONPath expression)

REGEX(BGM\+220\+(.*)\+) (REGEX expression)

Rule

Rule to be applied to the field.

  • Warning

Marks the compared fields with yellow color as a "warning".

  • Warning when different based on variable replacement

In case compared values are different Int4 Suite compares them with specified variable. If reference/current value pair from comparison matches variable values result is marked as "warning".

Variable name used for checking the values has to be specified in the Processing Parameter column.

  • Warning when different based on value mapping object

In case compared values are different Int4 Suite compares them with specified values in the Mapping Object. If reference/current value pair from comparison matches mapping values result is marked as "warning".

Mapping Object name used for checking the values has to be specified in the Processing Parameter column.

  • Ignore

Even if it is different in the content, it is not highlighted.

Parameter

Used in correlation with Warning Rules.

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