Testing Business Processes in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Deployment Options

The SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition Test Automation Tool is a no-code, no-installation, cloud native solution that comes with over 300 pre-delivered test automates based on SAP Best Practices business processes, and supports customization. The Test Automation Tool is an integral part of maintaining business processes in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition after release upgrades or enhancements are made in the solution.

The SAP Cloud ALM test management capabilities enable you to prepare and execute tests based on SAP Best Practices content for manual testing and integration of automated testing tools. Cloud ALM for Implementation test capabilities can be used for all deployments of SAP S/4HANA, provided the business process is an SAP Best Practices process.

Capabilities of SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation Testing:

• Test Planning & Orchestration
  • Prepare your Tests for Manual and Automated Test Cases.
  • Orchestrate testing across different test types and test automation providers.
  • Plan and structure your tests execution using Test Plans.
  • Leverage SAP delivered standard Test Cases Prepare Tests on Process based Requirements.
• Test Execution
  • Execute manual, step based test cases.
  • Integration of Test Automation providers.
  • SAP S/4HANA Test Automation Tool integration
  • Tricentis Test Automation integration and partnership where customers with an SAP Enterprise Support agreement are entitled to use Tricentis Test Automation for SAP as a term license.
  • Open API for other test automation providers.
  • Manage defects in Test Execution

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Learn more about Test Management with SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation

The SAP Solution Manager Test Suite can be used to manage and execute testing for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition. You can determine the scope of testing required for cross-system business processes, manage the tests centrally and execute the tests.

The SAP Solution Manager Test Suite supports:

• Manual and automated functional tests
• Tests for SAP and non-SAP solutions
• Functional tests for on premise, cloud, and hybrid solutions
• Automated change impact analysis of maintenance activities to reduce test scope based on software changes and smart calculations
• New requirements triggering semi-automated test planning for user acceptance tests and functional integration tests
• Supports agile development approach within requirements-to-deploy process through Focused Build for SAP Solution Manager
• Seamless integration with project management, process management, change and release management, defect and incident management, and custom code management components of SAP Solution Manager
• Full transparency into the test status and progress for all involved parties with test suite analytics
• Integration with third-party test tools
  • SAP and Tricentis have expanded their existing partnership where all customers with an SAP Enterprise Support agreement will be entitled to use Tricentis Test Automation for SAP as a term license.

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Learn more in the SAP Help Portal: SAP Solution Manager Test Suite

Tricentis is rated by Gartner & Forrester as the leading test automation company. Through the partnership between SAP & Tricentis, all SAP Enterprise Support Customers now benefit from additional test automation functionality:

• Test automation of all SAP UIs, including SAP cloud products
• Test automation of APIs for SAP products
• Test automation content for regression testing of new cloud releases

Using Tricentis Test Automation will be available for all SAP customers under their SAP Enterprise Support contract. The partnership between SAP and Tricentis includes a reseller agreement, which enables customers to easily expand the test automation to enterprise test management that includes non-SAP components by adopting SAP Load Testing by Tricentis, SAP Change Impact Analysis by Tricentis, or SAP Enterprise Continuous Testing by Tricentis.

A comprehensive test strategy includes:

• Managing your Test Strategy with Tricentis and SAP Cloud ALM and/or SAP Solution Manager.
• Managing Test Automation with Tricentis Test Automation for SAP.
• Automating beyond SAP products with SAP Enterprise Continuous Testing by Tricentis.
• Performing load and volume testing with SAP Load Testing by Tricentis.

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Learn more about Tricentis Test Automation for SAP