1Z0-1042-20: Oracle Cloud Platform Application Integration 2020 Specialist

The 1Z0-1042-20: Oracle Cloud Platform Application Integration 2020 Specialist exam is outlined for intellectuals, who want to learn the best way to connect cloud and/or on-premise applications, and have strong foundational knowledge in using and configuring Application Integration services. It comes under the Cloud Recertification Policy.

Exam Goals

This exam validates the candidate’s knowledge and understanding of Oracle Application Integration to implement the cloud services. It is recommended to keep yourself updated with the latest training and having hands-on experience in supporting or leading Application Integration implementations. The certification validates candidates’ skills in the Oracle Cloud application Integration basics, application integration, and process automation using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) which includes Integration Cloud Services (ICS), Service Oriented Architecture Cloud Service (SOACS) and Integration API Platform Cloud Service.

Target Audience

The 1Z0-1042-20: Oracle Cloud Platform Application Integration 2020 Specialist exam required a strong foundation and experience in the implementation of Oracle Cloud services and hence the integration of Oracle Applications. It primarily focuses on the below-mentioned professionals –

Developers
Administrators
Application Integration Specialists
DevOps Practitioners

Exam Details

Assignment Submission Policy

The assignment and paper must be submitted within 6 months from the day of purchasing the assignment. No exception cases are entertained by Oracle. In the event that you don’t submit assignments before the scheduled time, you will be required to buy another assignment. The assignment must be submitted before you can enroll in the essay. This assignment resubmissions must be made within 30 days of failure notice by email. In case you fail to resubmit your assignment within 30 days, you will be required to buy another assignment and paper.

Retake Policy

According to the retake policy for this examination, the candidates are supposed to go through a waiting period of 14 days before taking a proctored exam already failed. The registration will start on the 14^th day. Candidates are allowed to retake the online non-proctored exam at any time. He/she is enabled to retake for 4 attempts to pass an exam in a year period. Candidates are also expected to resubmit a failed Master Assignment within 0 days of receiving the notification of failing.

Recertification Policy

In the case of Oracle Cloud Certification credentials, they remain valid for a period of 18 months from the date of earning it. To stay current, the candidates are supposed to re-certify themselves with the new version of the exam. Oracle cloud certifications are incessantly updated throughout the annual year to keep current with major product and service releases. While the Oracle Database certifications require periodic recertification and must be updated within 12 months to the current version.

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Course Outline

Getting Started with Oracle Cloud Application Integration

Key features & components of Application Integration
Application Integration concepts
Application Integration Architecture
WSDL, XML/SOAP, WS, and REST/JSON functionality

Working with Service-Oriented Architecture Cloud Service (SOACS)

Service orchestration, Adapters, Routing, and Security Policy
Performing Administration and Deployment
SOA adapters and Cloud Adapters for SOA Cloud
Performing actions on the user interfaces of Oracle SOA Cloud and managing the life cycle of SOA Cloud instances
Building and deploying composite applications to Oracle SOA Cloud
Oracle Managed File Transfer on OCI

Working with Processes in Oracle Integration Cloud

Developing business processes
Creating Human Tasks and Web Forms
Managing Application Data
Creating Decisions
Creating Business Rules
Integrating with Applications and Services

Working with application integration (Oracle Integration Cloud – OIC)

OIC components, features, and capabilities (manage security certificates)
Creating and configuring connections (Adapter, Trigger, Invoke)
Creating Integrations/Orchestrations
Map Data
Creating Lookups and Packages
On-Prem connectivity agents (architecture, capabilities, and scheduling)
Orchestration view options and capabilities
Oracle Integration Cloud best practices
Understanding file handling options, features, and capabilities
Leverage orchestration action, scopes and fault handling

Working with API Platform Cloud Service

Managing Users (user management concepts and personas, create users and groups, assign roles to users and groups)
Managing Gateways (install and configure gateway nodes, issue gateway grants, configure OAuth 2.0 Providers)
Managing APIs (implement an API, deploy to a gateway, add documentation, publish to the Developer Portal, issue API grants, apply policies)
Managing Services and Service Accounts
Using the Developer Portal (discover and register to APIs)

Preparation Guide – 1Z0-1042-20: Oracle Cloud Platform Application Integration 2020 Specialist

Oracle Application Development Cloud Services Learning Subscription

Oracle offers an all-digital learning solution that is ideal for Developers, Administrators, Application Integration Specialists, DevOps Practitioners who are seeking to gain in-depth training on Oracle Application Integration to implement the cloud services. This Learning subscription will help you gain expertise to become an Oracle certified Cloud Platform Application Integration 2020 Specialist.

The features comprising of this Oracle Application Development Cloud Services Learning Subscription are –

Skill-Based Learning: It provides a complete set of digital training videos which are delivered by Oracle experts
Learning Paths: It will guide you throughout the training in building your skills
‘Use Case’ Driven: It will train you with real-world examples along with practical applications
Hands-on Labs: Practice on a live cloud environment
Stay Current: You will get to practice with hands-on labs using live cloud environments
Easy-to-Use Interface with Intuitive Filtering: Learning paths, courses, and modules will assist you quickly find what interests you
Continuous Learning: You will get 24/7 access for a year so that you can continuously learn with your evolving training needs
Access to Instructors: You will get all your questions answered from top Oracle instructors
Reporting: You will be able to track your learning progress and achievements through your individual dashboard

Learning Path Course 1 – Application Integration on Oracle Cloud

The Application Integration on Oracle Cloud educates you about leveraging Oracle Integration Cloud to create and configure connections and integrations for SaaS to SaaS, and SaaS to On-Premise integration use cases. This training course is tailored for business users and implementers who define and create these integrations using the OIC dashboard. The course teaches you several things such as how to, use and configure the OIC built-in adapters, create OIC connections and integrations, monitor integrations to view metrics and errors, and the data mapping and data lookup features of OIC. It also helps you understand the various use cases.

This course can be taken by Application Developers, Business Analysts, Business Intelligence Developer, Developers, Functional Implementer, SOA Architect, Support Engineer, and Technical Consultants. The course benefits you by making you familiar with the configuration of built-in OIC adapters properties, mapping data, monitoring integrations use cases for metrics and error information, creating lookups, and defining inbound and outbound connections within integrations.

Learning Path Course 2 – Rapid Development of SOA using SOA Cloud Service

The Rapid Development of SOA Application using the SOA Cloud Service course teaches you Oracle SOA Suite on Oracle SOA Cloud Service. It helps you explore the application integration functionality using Oracle SOA Cloud Service. It shows how to develop SOA Composite Application, and deploy and manage it on Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. It not only teaches how to configure adapters but also how to integrate Oracle SOA Cloud Service with other cloud services. It also shows how to scale an Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance from the service console.

The Oracle SOA suite will help you in building, deploying, and managing Integration, by following the concepts of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Taking this course makes you familiar with this concept and teaches you how to develop SOA Composite Application, deploy and manage it on Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. You’ll learn how to scale Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance from the Service Console. You will be taught how to configure adapters and to integrate Oracle SOA Cloud Service with other cloud services.

Learning Path Course 3 – API Platform-Essentials

API platform is a platform that will transform your business by helping you to rapidly design, prototype, and test APIs. It is one of the most powerful and lightweight platforms. The API Platform-Essentials course introduces you to the full life cycle of API management products and familiarizes you with the terms that are used in Oracle API Platform Cloud to define user management concepts. It also teaches you about the typical workflow for managing gateways, the runtime aspect of Oracle API Platform Cloud. It elaborates on the API concepts and their significance in a digital economy. The course will also help you create APIs in Apiary, list API Platform Cloud Components and manage API implementation.

This course can be taken by integration Developer, Cloud Application Developer, and API Managers. Taking this course will help you get the necessary foundation for digital transformation using the API Platform Cloud. You’ll be able to able to overcome the challenges associated with traditional API management very easily.

Learning Path Course 4 – Process Automation using Oracle Process Cloud Service

One of the central ideas to integration strategy is Process Automation. The Oracle Process Cloud offers a low code process automation techniques that can be enhanced and extended with other services within the Oracle PaaS portfolio. The Process Automation using Oracle Process Cloud Service course’s objective revolves around designing high-level Process Wrappers using Process Cloud. It helps guides you to develop Structured Processes and troubleshoot Business Processes in Process Cloud. This course also encourages you to do Out-of-the-box integration using Oracle Process Cloud.

The course benefits you by teaching how to create and manage Process Application on Process Cloud Service. It helps you create, manage, and communicate with Processes and its Elements. With the help of this course, you can easily, create forms and associate with processes, use human tasks in processes, use Decision Model in Process Applications, explore Exception Handling and troubleshooting features in Processes and Process Cloud and Integrate Process Applications with other external services and Applications.

Join Oracle Community

Joining an online learning community can be of huge advantage to a learner. Here are some of them:

Helpful in stretching hands towards building better relationships by staying active and communicating with other members. Therefore, creating a group with common views or interests and making strong networks.
Candidates can prudently gain sufficient knowledge and satisfy their queries with answers as it allows discussions and asking questions.
An online forum can be useful in seeking support and assistance from Oracle Experts.
It is beneficial in encouraging discussions and also enhancing the level of communication.
The collaboration with people can help one gain new ideas and views regarding solving the existing problems.
It helps one become internet savvy as it involves interacting online with Oracle Experts and others taking the same exam. Thus, supports and is enabled to hone our digitalizing skills.

Self Evaluation – Practice Tests

Training the brain is very essential. Oracle 1Z0-1042-20 Practice Tests have almost the same pattern of questions that are expected to come in the real examinations. It acts as an alternative of checking if a learner is cleared with his concepts. Benefits of practice tests are:

It honestly shows the candidates of the concepts they have actually mastered and the ones that they are lagging behind.
Timely focus on the weak concepts found in practice tests can help him/her to focus more on it before the real exam.
Helps reducing the fears and the anxiety residing within a candidate regarding the real exam thereby boosts confidence within him/her.
Taking a good number of practice tests can help a learner to manage time effectively o that he/she can devote proper attention to all the questions asked in the exam.
Candidates are able to keep track of their daily, weekly, or monthly progress.