CPI Certification (CPI_CPI_13) related details/tips/Questions/Useful links

CPI Certification break up (for detailed/complete information, please go though both

courses: CP100 & CLD900):

1) iFlow Objects:12% (Unit 3 middle lesson from CLD900): 25+ questions asked
sender, receiver integration; components such as routers, splitters, filters. Use basic scripting, Groovy,
JavaScript. Use adapters. Explain event handling, exception handling, persisting objects; transformation
of messages including compression, format conversion

2) Security:12% (Unit 4 lesson 4 from CP100, unit 7+8 from CLD900): 10+ questions asked
certificates, authentication; messages: encryption, signing off, encoding; user management security
artifact renewal.

3) Intelligent Enterprise:12% (Unit 1 from CP100) :10 questions asked

SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise Framework; process templates; deployment types; technologies used by
SAP; the portfolio of cloud applications.

4) Cloud Native Application Development:12% (Unit 4,5 from CP100): less than 10 questions asked
Cloud native application development; SAP Cloud Platform, Cloud Foundry environment; SAP HANA
extended application services, advanced model; SAP HANA extended application services, classic model;
OData; Cloud application programming model. Use REST APIs.

5) Operations and Monitoring:8-12% (Unit 9 from CLD900): less than 10 questions asked
trace levels, tracing, debugging, attachment log, system log files, variables, certificates, connectivity
tests. Explain transports from dev to prod. Check the status of iFlow. Monitor message statuses. Explain
the message process log. Create new users. Use the simulation mode for iFlows.

6) Introduction to SAP Cloud Platform Integration:8% (Unit 1 from CLD900): 5 questions asked
The tenant management node, the runtime node; the relationship between cloud cockpit and CPI; the
onboarding process; strategies, scenarios such as cloud to cloud, B2B.

7) Product Overview:8% (Unit 2 from CLD900): 5 questions asked

the tenant management node; the function of adapters; characteristics of messages.

8) Basic building blocks:8% (unit 3 from CLD900): 5+ questions asked

Describe authorization groups and how to use them. Explain how to deploy and maintain credentials
and security artifacts.

Tips:
-> There will be 80 questions, and we need to secure minimum 68% which means what we must give
right answer to minimum 55 questions. We should give weightage as per topics and questions asked.
-> Questions will be mostly asked where we can see multiple right answers in CPI, like wherever we can
see the drop down and we have many options there in CPI (iFlows).
For example,
* we have 4 log levels, so do remember all 4 types, question may come like which two of below are
correct log levels in CPI.
* In CPI, we support 3 mappings (Message mapping, operation mapping, XSLT Mapping), so question
may come like which two mappings are correct and they will give 2 right and 2 wrong options. So we
have to remember all possible options
-> Please go through all adapters (protocols, configurations, wherever we find drop down in adapters).
-> Go through CPI tenant and places where we can design, monitor and manage securities. Just an
overview
-> Go through all elements available within pallets that we use to configure iFlow.
-> what all functions we perform in Hana Cloud Platform (generic overview like assigning users, roles,
adding services, etc)
-> If we see keyword "Apache" or “camel” or “esbmessaging.send” in answers, its likely to be the
answer, still do read questions & answers properly

Few questions/topics which i could remember (these might not be exact as given
below):
-> which role is needed in CPI to send data
-> Elements of a certificates
-> message routing options available under pallet
-> Encryptions available in CPI
-> Available options in Encoder/decoder
-> Message signer option available in CPI
-> Available options in Splitters
-> Calls that we can make from CPI
-> Validators in CPI
-> Data store operations available in pallets in CPI
-> Transformation options available in pallet
-> Various authentication options available
-> Usage options (like what we can create) available in CPI
-> Log levels in monitoring
-> Exception subprocess (end, error end, escalation end), what is not supported
-> Local integration process and what is not supported
-> Where do we handle/store certificates, credentials in CPI
-> check the import functions we do in groovy scripts
-> AuthGroup-there are many groups, please go through all and check what they do/perform
-> Cloud connector/web dispatcher
-> Transport we support in CPI
-> language we support in CPI
-> Various types of SAP cloud service available
-> Different applications like PaaS, SaaS, IaaS and just overview like what their feature, how are they
different from each other and few examples
-> Types of SAP Cloud Platform - CF and Neo (overview like how they differ)
-> SAP HANA cloud options available for customers like Public/Private managers, essential, etc.
Few other generic topics:
-> SAP Intelligent Enterprise related
-> API management related
-> API business Hub related

Training/Other useful links:

-> https://training.sap.com/course/cld900-sap-integration-suite-classroom-018-in-en/ ?

-> https://help.sap.com/doc/221f8f84afef43d29ad37ef2af0c4adf/HP_2.0/en-
US/f4a390d6ee7147aa89ba587102702677.html

-> https://www.erpprep.com/exams/sample-sap-certified-application-associate-sap-cloud-platform-
integration

-> https://blogs.sap.com/2020/04/21/sap-cloud-platform-integration-certification/

-> https://blogs.sap.com/2020/01/16/comprehensive-sap-cpi-development-standards-best-practices/