Automated testing of mySAP business processes: efficient usage of the SAP test workbench

  • Authors:
  • Christoph Mecke

  • Affiliations:
  • SAP AG (Germany)

  • Venue:
  • Software quality and software testing in internet times
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

SAP AG is the world's leading provider of e-business software solutions that integrate the processes within and among enterprises and business communities. SAP's ability to deliver customer-centric, open, personalised, and collaborative e-business software is the foundation of mySAP.com®. Through the mySAP.com e-business platform, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations, and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains.Today, more than 13,000 companies in over 100 countries run more than 30,000 installations of SAP software. SAP employs over 6,500 software developers around the globe. In addition to the main development center at the company's headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, SAP has a network of development labs at locations around the world including: Palo Alto (California); Tokyo (Japan); Bangalore (India); Sophia Antipolis (France); and Tel Aviv (Israel); as well as in the German cities of Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Saarbruecken.From this point of view it becomes obvious that the quality management of the development process is a huge task of enormous importance. This article describes the aspect of the quality assurance that deals with automated testing of the mySAP business scenarios. The methodology and tools, with the focus on functional testing, are explained in detail.