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SAP Testing Consultant- a Career choice
Skill Set
To become a SAP tester you need following skill sets
. Testingknowledge
.
Functional knowledge of the module being tested.
Typical WorkDay
On any typical work day you will be busy understanding
requirement documents , creating test cases , executing test cases ,
reporting and re-testing bugs , attending review meetings and other team
building activities.
Career Progression
Your career progression as a software tester (QA Analyst) in typical
CMMI level 5 company will look like following but will vary from
company to company
QA Analyst(Fresher) => Sr. QA Analyst(2-3 year
experience)=> QA Team Coordinator(5-6 year experience> =>Test
Manager(8-11 experience) => Senior Test Manager (14+ experience)
How SAP Testing is more lucrative than other testing projects ?
While testing any AUT ,
1. You acquire deep functional knowledge ofthe AUT. Without sufficient knowledge of AUT
its difficult to test
2. Hone your testing skills
As with any IT company , you move from one project to another in due course of time. All the
hardwork you did to understand the functionality of AUT is obsolete in the new project. This is
typically true if you are switching projects across domains say telecom to healthcare.
In case of SAP, the functional knowledge you acquire is portable and can be used in other
projects. Suppose you are switching jobs. In your old company you were testing billing software
for Vodafone. What is the likely hood that the same project is available in your new company ?
Next to Zero.
Now consider this case. You are switching from SAP Testing project to another SAP Testing
project in new company. You instantly recognize the GUI , Transaction codes, vanilla business
workflows which is a huge advantage. You will need to learn the customizations made by the
client but still you need a deep knowledge of the software.
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The biggest advantage as SAP Tester is that due to the deep functional knowledge you
acquire, you can easily become a SAP Functional Consultant! SAP Consultants are in huge
demand & they are almost always on short supply and command premium salaries.
What is meant by SAP implementation?
Consider this scenario. Company A offers 12 annual leaves. Company B offers 20 annual leaves.
Salary must be deducted for any employee who uses 13 thor 21stannual leave for Company A & B
respectively. This information must be configured into the SAP system which is nothing but
SAP implementation and configuration.
The SAP vanilla version is powerful but not much useful until its customized and configured as
per the business policies, legal stipulations, & technical requirements of a company. This process
is called SAP implementation. It could typically take a few months to even years.
What is SAP customization?
SAP by far has the highest collection of Business Process. But sometimes your internal company
processed many not be accurately mapped using the readily available SAP business transactions.
In such cases custom code is created usingABAP.It involves code changing to create
functionality that is not available through configuration. This is nothing but customizations.
SAP customization can also be done to generate custom reports, programs, or enhancements.
What is maintenance of SAP software?
Once the SAP system is configured, customized, deployed and made live any changes
made to the SAP system is termed as Maintenance. This could include
New Feature addition to the SAP System
Bug Fixes
SAP Kernel Updates
Support Pack & Stack Updates
OSS note implementation
SAP End to End lifecycle and corresponding Testing Phases
There are multitude of methodology that can used for SAP implementation
ASAP Implementation ( For initial implementation of SAP systems , and porting from
legacy systems)
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Maintainence Lifecycle
Upgrade LifeCycle
Custom Development LifeCycle
Whatever the lifecycle you may be working, there are three main testing phases you will be
involved in
1) Test Preparation
2) Test execution phase
3) Test Evaluation phase
Test preparation phase
1.
Identification of business process to be tested
2. Manual and automated test case development
3. Creation of test suites and review
4.
Set up of test system
5.
Creation of test data
Test execution phase
1.
Test execution either manually or using test tools
2. Test status reporting and defect handling
Test evaluation phase
1.
Detailed assessment of all test plans
2. Defect Analysis
3. Documentation of the testing process
Types of Testing Applicable to SAP applications
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For SAP applications the common testing performed are:
1.
Unit Testing: This part of testing is mostly taken care by the developers based on their defined
unit testing rules as per the organizations. This is sometimes done by the skilful white box
testers. The test is done in the development box. This is the testing of interfaces, conversions,
enhancement, reports, work flows and forms(RICEWF) developed primarily with ABAP
code. Testing of development object includes testing forsecurityauthorization, ,data transfer
rules, reconciliations and batch scheduling jobs. BW (Business Warehouse) testing is also
part of the development tests.
2. Integration Testing: It is the testing of combined components of a SAP application to
determine if they function together correctly. It is typically done in the QA environment and
uses realistic test data.
3.
Regression Testing: Regression testing is done to ensure that the new changes
implemented do not adversely affect the existing working code. SAP R/3 is a tightly
integrated system. A single stack update, OSS note, transport, configuration changes, new
development interfaces can have cascading and severe effect. Regression Testing is usually
executed using automation tool by the testing team.
4. Performance Testing: It is testing SAP applications to ensure that they will perform well
under expected workload. Performance testing encompasses load , volume & stress testing to
determine system bottlenecks. The aim of this testing is to enhance robustness of SAP
applications and helps deploy systems that can sustain high load forecast, with zero post
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production performance issues. The testing includes checking business processes that may
cause stress, due to high transaction or batch volumes. It is usually executed using automated
tools & involves collaboration of basis, database, infrastructure and test teams to monitor test
results.
5.
Functional Testing: Functional testing ensures that your implementation of SAP meets your
business requirements. SAP is highly configurable system and could be easily integrated with
in-house applications or third party tools. Given this varied configuration and complexity
functional testing is a must. Functional testing removes uncertainty over business use cases
and brings quality. It includes review of design documents and creating test artifacts including
test requirements, test scenario and test cases. Functional testing is usually done by the testing
team with a background in particular SAP module being tested.
6.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Once functional, system and regression testing is
completed, UAT ( User Acceptance Testing) is performed. It ensures that the SAP system is
usable for the end users of the system. The end users independently execute the user
acceptance test cases that includes testing business processes, functions, documentation
(operating manuals, cheat sheets) etc. With UAT users can feel comfortable with the new
business environment and can take full ownership of the system.
7.
Security Testing: To ensure the safety of SAP applications, security testing is performed.
High risk areaslikesap-portal security, network security, operational security, product security,
access control and source code audit for security are tested. This is usually involves the basis,
database, infrastructure, development and test teams.8. Portal Testing: These techniques involve testing the SAP Portals on different browser and
checking business processes
How to create a SAP Test Case
Lets design a test case to change the Name of an employee in SAP system
To create an effective test case, you must
Determine SAP role required to execute the test case
Identify the SAP transaction that needs to be executed for the test case
Test Data required executing the test case. Determine whether the data needs to be created or
whether it used by another tester or whether the data is locked & cannot be modified.
Any Pre-requisites
Peer review Test cases
Create positive as well negative scenarios
Create detailed Test Steps.
Test coverage should be robust
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Document defects in timely manner which is as soon as they are discovered.
Refer this video, for a guideline on how to change SAP Infotype
The test case designed for this is as follows -
Important Note
SAP is a humungous system with endless variations. Its neither feasible nor cost-effective to
check all possible variations and combinations of test parameter inputs in SAP system.
As in above example , a tester could have verified change in Last Name, Date of Birth, Address,
Pin Code, City , State, Country, change in permanent , temporary, work address etc.
A Tester needs to adopt strategies reduce the number of test cases without sacrificing coverage.
Examples of such strategies include boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning &
orthogonal arrays.
Automated Testing of SAP Applications
Testing is a huge challenge for colossal system like SAP. As per recent study by ASUG, Over
86% customers are concerned about risks due to lack of comprehensive testing.
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Automation has following benefits for SAP applications
1. The chief and most valuable benefit is improved test coverage
2.
Better product quality and therefore less production outages. Outages in SAP productions
environments could cost a company millions!
3. Workload decreases with each release cycle
Automation Tools
The methodology and approaches are more important than the chosen test tool. When you think
about testing SAP application, some tools comes in mind naturally likeSAP TAO,eCATT,QTP
etc.
ECATT ( Extended Computer Aided Test Tool)
ECATT is used to create and execute functional tests for SAP. ECATT is an in-built tool that
comes bundled with SAP with a primary objective of automated testing of SAP business
processes.
ECATT useful features
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1. Test transactions, reports and scenarios
2.
Call BAPIs and function modules
3. Test remote systems
4. Check Authorizations (user profiles)
5.
Test updates
6. Test the effect of changes to customizing settings
7.
Check system messages
QTP ( Quick Test Professional Tool)
HPs QuickTest is a keyword driven automation tool. It supports many environments including
SAP. The tool is robust, feature rich and user-friendly. Its market leader in automation tool
commanding major market share. Its a commercial tool with excellent vendor support. Its a tool
of choice for SAP automation.
SAP TAO
SAP released the automation tool SAP TAO in collaboration with Focus Frame(now acquired by
Hexaware).
SAP TAO wraps up QTP and QC where QTP acts as execution engine and test scenarios are
created and driven from QC through business components. SAP TAO automates generation of
test components for end to end scenarios. SAP TAO and HPQC setup do have some benefits
compare to other testing tool there is a huge corporate support for both HP and SAP software
products.
SAP TAO client application performs three functions, inspecting transactions from a SAP
server, exporting the transactions to HP Quality Center and consolidating components or
scripts from HP Quality Center.
Performance Testing of SAP Application
Performance testing of SAP applications is done to check its speed, scalability and
stability. Performance Testing SAP helps with
Conform with service-level agreements (SLAs).
Optimize software configuration settings.
Reduce overspending on hardware
Certify that the system will not crash or fail during seasonal high load and help avoid
correspondingfinanciallosses.
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Events that Trigger Perf ormance Test
Choice of Performance testing tool for SAP depends on the underlying SAP application being
tested. Below is a list of SAP performance test tools and their application areas
1.
Open source/ Free
Jmeter- (Performance Test SAP Business Obects BI Platform)
Open STA (Performance Test SAP Portals)
2.
Commercial
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Load Runner (Performance Test SAP ECC amongst other SAP applications)
recommended by SAP
IBM Rational Robot (Can test wide variety of SAP applications)
Conclusion
SAP testing offers tremendous career opportunities for QA enthusiasts. Its a relatively easy way
to break into the highly regarded SAP Consultant arena.