Testing SAP Solutions

Enlarged
ISBN: 978-1-59229-366-7
Verlag: SAP PR

Buch, Englisch, 716 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1258 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS Englisch

The test tools and services provided by SAP are numerous and rich in functionality. In this book, you will not only learn what these tools can do for you and how they work together, you will also benefit from detailed instructions on how to use them. Dedicated chapters on methodology for functional and performance tests as well as detailed reports from projects with renowned SAP customers make this book your ultimate guide for setting up and maintaining your QA processes.

1. Tools
Whether you need information on SAP Solution Manager, eCATT, SAP TDMS, SAP TAO, SAP LoadRunner, or SAP Quality Center by HP, you will benefit from in-depth introductions on functional scope and usage of every tool.

2. Functional and Performance Tests
Test for both functionality and performance in your system. Learn about the basic differences of these test types, and find out how to reliably test the performance of your applications.

3. Test Automation
Are your test budgets notoriously tight? The authors show you how to leverage test automation to significantly reduce your testing costs.

4. Methodology
Design and scope of test data, scheduling, selecting the right tools, and staffing: all questions related to planning and organizing test projects are answered in detail.

5. Customer Case Studies
Benefit from existing experience. Numerous customer reports—including three 5-year sustainability reports—demonstrate how test managers in different industries deal with the specific challenges in test projects.

Highlights in this book include:

- SAP Solution Manager

- eCATT

- SAP Test Data Migration Server

- SAP LoadRunner by HP

- SAP Quality Center by HP and SAP TAO

- Test methodology

- Test strategy and standards

- Roadmaps and project planning

- Test management and automation

- Planning and performing tests

- Monitoring and reporting

- Benefits and execution of test automation

- Test Center

- Concept and implementation

- Test Center services

Autoren/Hrsg.

Helfen, Markus

Trauthwein, Hans Martin

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering Softwaretests & Prüfsoftware
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

. Preface to the Second Edition. 15

. Foreword to the Revised and Extended Second English Edition. 19

. Foreword to the Second Edition. 21

. Foreword to the First Edition. 27

1. Introduction. 31

PART I. Methodology. 41

2. Theory of Software Testing. 43

. 2.1. System Changes Necessitate Testing. 43

. 2.2. Test Types. 47

. 2.3. Test Stages. 49

. 2.4. Black-Box Testing and White-Box Testing. 56

. 2.5. Test Case Design for Black-Box Testing. 57

. 2.6. Test Data. 62

. 2.7. Basic Procedures for Planning and Execution. 62

. 2.8. Selecting Test Tools. 66

. 2.9. Conclusion. 75

3. Test Methodology. 77

. 3.1. Roadmaps in SAP Solution Manager. 78

. 3.2. Project Preparation. 90

. 3.3. Business Blueprint. 95

. 3.4. Realization. 101

. 3.5. Final Preparation. 109

. 3.6. Go-Live & Support and Run. 119

. 3.7. Conclusion. 121

PART II. Functional Testing. 123

4. Test Management with SAP Solution Manager. 125

. 4.1. Testing in the Context of SAP Enterprise Support, Run SAP, and SAP Standards for Solution Operations. 127

. 4.2. SAP Solution Manager Enterprise Edition. 131

. 4.3. SAP Solution Manager--Basic Settings. 146

. 4.4. Project-Related Testing with SAP Solution Manager. 152

. 4.5. Integration Scenarios. 193

. 4.6. Solution-Related Testing. 209

. 4.7. Summary. 212

. 4.8. Customer Report by SOKA-BAU. 215

. 4.9. Customer Report by SEWAG. 229

. 4.10. Customer Report by BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. 241

. 4.11. Update of the Customer Report by BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. 251

. 4.12. Customer Report by Reno Fashion & Shoes GmbH. 260

. 4.13. Update of the Customer Report by Hamm-Reno-Group GmbH & Co. KG. 268

5. Project-Related Testing with SAP Solution Manager and SAP Quality Center by HP. 275

. 5.1. SAP Quality Center by HP. 276

. 5.2. SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center by HP. 279

. 5.3. Test Management in the SAP Quality Center by HP. 282

. 5.4. Summary. 309

. 5.5. Customer Report by Endress+Hauser Group. 309

. 5.6. Customer Report by DB Systel GmbH. 323

6. Supporting Test Automation with SAP TAO. 337

. 6.1. Basic Principle: Automation Through Composition. 338

. 6.2. Components of and Prerequisites for SAP TAO Technology. 340

. 6.3. Using SAP TAO to Create Test Cases. 343

. 6.4. Using SAP TAO to Maintain Test Cases. 356

. 6.5. Summary. 360

7. Economic Aspects of Test Automation. 361

. 7.1. Cost Model for Software Testing. 363

. 7.2. Cost Model for Software Errors. 378

. 7.3. Overall View. 382

. 7.4. Summary. 383

. 7.5. Customer Report by INVISTA Resins & Fibers GmbH. 383

. 7.6. Update to Customer Report by INVISTA Resins & Fibers GmbH. 397

8. Test Automation with eCATT. 411

. 8.1. Implementation and Prerequisites. 412

. 8.2. Creating and Running UI-Driven Tests. 426

. 8.3. Creating Tests Via Direct Program Control. 457

. 8.4. Creating Tests for Web Services. 461

. 8.5. Integration with External Test Tools. 465

. 8.6. Implementing Checks. 470

. 8.7. Managing Test Data. 483

. 8.8. Modularizing Test Scripts. 493

. 8.9. Additional eCATT Commands. 497

. 8.10. Starting, Logging, and Analyzing Test Executions. 503

. 8.11. Overview of the eCATT Versions. 519

. 8.12. Further Steps. 521

. 8.13. Summary: Advantages of the Integration of eCATT in the SAP System. 521

. 8.14. Customer Report by Zürcher Kantonalbank. 524

9. SAP Test Data Migration Server. 531

. 9.1. Data Privacy for Test Data Collection. 533

. 9.2. Process Types. 535

. 9.3. Architecture and System Landscape. 543

. 9.4. Data Transfer and Extraction. 545

. 9.5. Creation and Refresh of Test Systems. 547

. 9.6. Summary. 550

. 9.7. Customer Report by Behr GmbH & Co. KG. 551

. 9.8. Customer Report by Infineon Technologies AG. 559

PART III. Performance Tests. 567

10. Project Outline of a Performance Test. 569

. 10.1. Load Test--Stress Test--Volume Test. 571

. 10.2. Roles in the Performance Test Project. 572

. 10.3. Phase Model of a Performance Test. 574

. 10.4. Planning. 575

. 10.5. Performing the Load Test. 584

. 10.6. Performing the Stress Test. 589

. 10.7. Completing. 590

. 10.8. Summary. 593

11. SAP LoadRunner by HP. 595

. 11.1. LoadRunner Virtual User Generator. 597

. 11.2. LoadRunner Controller and LoadRunner Agent. 600

. 11.3. LoadRunner Analysis. 602

. 11.4. SAP Performance Center by HP. 603

. 11.5. Summary. 607

. 11.6. Customer Report by HeidelbergCement AG. 608

. 11.7. Customer Report by Sanofi-Aventis. 616

12. Monitoring a Performance Test. 627

. 12.1. Sample Process In Case Performance Problems Occur. 628

. 12.2. Localization of Performance Bottlenecks. 630

. 12.3. Transactions for Technical Monitoring. 634

. 12.4. Summary. 648

PART IV. Test Center. 649

13. Test Center. 651

. 13.1. Setting Up a Test Center. 653

. 13.2. Test Center Services. 656

. 13.3. Summary. 660

. 13.4. Customer Report by Deutsche Telekom AG. 660

. Appendices. 691

. A. SAP Solution Manager Test Workbench vs. SAP Test Organizer. 693

. B. SAP NetWeaver Knowledge Warehouse--Functionality in SAP Solution Manager. 697

. C. Recommended Reading. 701

. D. The Authors. 703

. Index. 705

Über Autor(innen)

Helfen, Markus
Markus Helfen actually works as Head of the Business Division SAP Technology of PRISM Informatics Deutschland GmbH. Previously he was Consulting Director of the SAP Test Management Consulting unit of SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG. He joined SAP in 1994 and was involved in developing the SAP test-tool strategy and building a global consulting organization for SAP Testing services. He influenced the definition of the related service portfolio and worked as a program manager for the Application Lifecycle Management Consulting for SAP Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG. With his former team he drove many topics and standardized services successfully in the market, such as IT Reporting with SAP Solution Manager and SAP Business Objects Xcelsius or data anonymization with SAP Test Data Migration Server. He was also involved in a number of Test Center implementations. He has many years of experience in the corporate and customer environment, dealing with quality assurance and with testing in particular.

Trauthwein, Hans Martin
Hans Martin Trauthwein is board member at Sofis AG, a consulting firm which -- among others -- specializes in Application Life Cycle Management with SAP Solution Manager (incl. SAP Test Management). Before working at Sofis, Hans Martin was a Principal Consultant in the SAP Test Management Consulting consulting unit of SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG. Since 1996, he has gained wide-ranging experience, both within the group and with customers, in the areas of quality assurance, test management and automation with SAP tools and Basis technologies, and the SAP Solution Manager. He has put this know-how to good use in his project activities.