Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2004 includes several Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) samples in its software development kit (SDK). This section provides detailed information about the functionality demonstrated by each BAM sample, instructions for building and running the sample, and the results you can expect.

To download the updated BizTalk Server 2004 SDK, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=24723.

Note  For important information about all samples in this SDK, see Samples.

The following list provides a brief description of each BAM sample:

BAM API Sample. Demonstrates how:

• A business analyst defines interesting data using a wizard, examines aggregations, and queries activity data.
• An information technology (IT) administrator creates SQL, Data Transformation Services (DTS), and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) infrastructure.
• A developer instruments the business implementation.

BAM End-to-End Sample. Demonstrates how to correlate events from multiple components using BAM.

BAM API from an Orchestration Expression Sample. Demonstrates how to:

• Use the BAM API from a BizTalk Server orchestration.
• Track repetitive items inside a message as separate activity instances.
• Establish a relationship between BAM data tracked from an orchestration using a tracking profile and data tracked from the API.