SAP Solution Manager with

Focused Build & Tricentis

test automation
Charles Mandala
SAP SE
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Agenda

Test Management options with Solution Manager

Prepare Test Automation with SAP Solution Manager and Focused Build

Use Test Automation with SAP Solution Manager and Focused Build

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Business Transformation Suite Wins
Application Lifecyle Management as integration engine for Business Transformation included in RISE with SAP

• Best Practice Content Build • Test preparation

• Fit2Standard Workshops • Manual testing
• Requirements • Test analytics & automation
• Documentation • Defect management

Business Process Management Application SAP Application Testing Solutions by

• Process Modeling As-Is Software Test Tricentis
• Customer Journey Modeling To-Be Solution Lifecycle Orchestration • SAP Enterprise Continuous Testing by
Tricentis (ECT)
• Process Intelligence and Mining
• Process Collaboration Hub Management • SAP Change Impact Analysis by Tricentis
(CIA)
• SAP Enterprise Performance Testing by
Tricentis (EPT)
• SAP Enterprise Data Integrity Testing by
Operate Tricentis (EDIT)

Analytics & SAP Support Data Lake

All stakeholders on the same page

SAP understands your transformation and

proactively supports you

One methodology and tool chain, one process hierarchy, best practices,
E2E traceability and proactive support
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Business Transformation Suite for Process-oriented Implementation
Design Build Test Preparation Test Execution Deploy

ALM Overall Analytics and Traceability SAC or External Analytics

Solution Readiness, Business Process Readiness, Requirement Traceability, Test and Release Analytics Integration possible

Business Process Documentation

Business Manual Manual Business Process

Process Modeling Test Cases Testing Learning Management

Automated Test SAP Solution Manager SAP Enable Now

Fit-to-Gap workshop Business Process cases with TTA managed
and document Mapping to (Tricentis) Test Execution
requirements Software Solution
Automated Test ECT managed Test
cases with ECT Execution * Deployment
(Tricentis) (Tricentis)
SCRUM Dashboard Management
to manage agile
implementation CI/CD Integration *
(Tricentis)

Test Management and Defect Management

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*) Lab Preview SAP Enterprise Support Additional license required
Test Automation with Solution Manager and Focused Build
Steps for a successful usage

Test Automation is not a sure-fire success.

It needs to be feasible, comparable and maintainable - and for this technical and human
resources are essential and should be permanently available.

Usage

Preparation

Strategy

Feasibility

Trigger
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Test Automation with Solution Manager and Focused Build
Preparation
Test Automation with Solution Manager and Focused Build
Preparation

To make the most out of automated test cases, they need to be created at an early stage during the
lifecycle progress, in the same sprint or a time-shifted sprint (sprint+1 rule). This could be ensured
with the help of Focused Build.

Option 1 Option 2
Test Automation as Work Item Test Automation as part of the
with KPI involvement Check List

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Test Automation with Solution Manager and Focused Build
Preparation

Option 1: Test Automation as separate Work

Item with KPI involvement

1. Define / Adapt the KPI for automated tests

2. Create a non-functional Work Item

3. Go to Process Management and create /

assign a Test Configuration

4. Assign the Test Configuration to the Work

Item

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Test Automation with Solution Manager and Focused Build
Preparation

Option 2: Test Automation as part of the

Check List

1. Define Step for Automated Testing

2. Create or enhance Check List profile for Work

Item or Work Package with the new step

3. Checklist items could be easily reviewed and

edited in app “My Checklist Steps”

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Test Automation with Solution Manager and Focused Build
Usage
 Integration Approach – Today and Future Overview
SAP ECT / SAP TTA
Client

SAP Solution Direct

Manager 7.2 Execution

Dedicated Virtual Machine(s)

Today

SAP Front End SAP ECT / SAP TTA

Scheduler Client
Direct
Execution

SAP Solution SAP ECT SAP ECT Distributed

Manager 7.2 Client Server Execution Agents
Future

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Today: SAP Solution Manager Execution Modes

Direct Execution: User can immediately execute test

configurations from solution manager.

Scheduled Execution: User has the option to

schedule the execution at desired date and time.
This will execute all selected test configurations
present in Test Package.

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Integration approach – synchronization and execution – Initial Phase
2. Trigger
Test Suite Execution execution Distributed Execution
Test Plan 1. Synchronize test Test Event
plan information
Test Package Execution List

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Package Execution List

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

4. Synchronize execution results 3. Execution results

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Test Plan and Test Package Creation

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Entity Synchronization

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Entity Synchronization

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Trigger the Execution from Tosca or Jenkins

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Retrieve the Results in SAP Solution Manager

Navigate to the log

details in SAP ECT

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 Jenkins or CI/CD Oriented Approach – First Phase

SAP ECT

1
Change or Scheduling Event Test Event Test Plan
• Change submitted 4 Test Package 1
• Scheduled Regression Run Execution List 1
5 Execution List n Test Package n

2 3

Analytics and Reporting

Distributed
Execution Agents

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Integration approach – synchronization and execution – Second Phase

2. Trigger
Test Suite execution Execution Distributed Execution
Test Plan 1. Synchronize test Test Event
plan information
Test Package Execution List

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Package Execution List

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

Test Configuration Execution Entry

4. Synchronize execution results 3. Execution results

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 Lab Preview
Solution Manager Oriented Approach – Second Phase

SAP ECT

1 2
Any Triggering Event Test Plan Test Event
Test Package 1 Execution List 1
• ChaRM Document status change 6 5
Test Package n Execution List n
• Transport released
3 4
• Test package execution

• Work Package to be tested Analytics and Reporting Distributed

Execution Agents

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