ConfigurationTest Acceleration and Optimization
As you
understand -SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization is designed for
SAP-GUI-based applications. SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization users should
be experienced quality managers who are familiar with the SAP Quality Center
application by HP, SAP GUI ERP applications, and business process testing.
Lets see first the SAP TAO Functional Blocks
Integration
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization
application requires products from SAP and SAP Quality Center.
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization client
application runs on a Microsoft Windows system. It performs three key
functions: inspecting the transactions from an SAP server, exporting the
transactions to SAP Quality Center, and consolidating the components or scripts
from SAP Quality Center.
1 - Inspection
Inspection captures the data in a screen or
transaction and determines its validity. It enables you to add, maintain, and
delete a list of transactions and screens from this list.
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization application
has two modes of inspection.
The Inspection tab page in the SAP Test
Acceleration and Optimization client enables you to select multiple SAP GUI
screens and transactions for testing, in an easy-to-use interface. It then
determines whether these screens and transactions are valid, and sends the
valid screens to SAP Quality Center.
The UI Scanner tab page collects information
from one screen at a time, and sends screen objects to SAP Quality Center, as a
component. The UI scanner scans all objects on the screen including dynamically
generated objects. The UI scanner requires an active QuickTest Professional
installation on your local work station.
Process flow analyzer
The process flow analyzer (PFA) records all user
interactions and the sequence of screens to execute a business process, in the
SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization repository. It automates inspection and
creation of components.
1.1 Repository
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization
repository is part of the SAP Solution Manager system, and is used to store the
following.
User interactions and the sequence of screens in a
business process
Information specific to SAP Test Acceleration and
Optimization that cannot be retrieved by other tools
Results or states during process flow analysis,
before the component is created
The SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization
repository comprises the following.
1.2 Component explorer
The component explorer views the list of components
in a domain and project.
2- PFA
explorer
The PFA explorer views the list of analyses
performed by PFA.
3-
Import/export
Import/export usually runs in the background, to
transfer data from the SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization client to SAP
Quality Center. It is also helpful for maintenance functions, such as moving
components from server to server or from project to project. The import/export
module does the following.
Export components from the inspector in the SAP
Test Acceleration and Optimization client to SAP Quality Center
Import components from SAP Quality Center to the
SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization client
Export a component from the UI scanner and send it
to SAP Quality Center, in the background
4-
Consolidation
Consolidation gathers all the objects and data in
an SAP Quality Center test, and creates a single component. If you
reconsolidate this component, you get a component that contains all the code
and screen elements in a test. It executes much faster than the individual
components. These consolidated components help you to maintain business
processes.
The parameter of a basic component is available for
a consolidated component only if a value has been set for the parameter before
consolidation. You can edit this parameter even after consolidation. If you add
a parameter to the basic component after consolidation, you need to
reconsolidate the basic component.
Change analysis
Change analysis helps you to analyze the impact of
changes due to upgrades, SAP patches, or custom development on a test,
component, or consolidated component. The impact is found by comparison of
results from the technical bill of materials (TBOM), transport requests and SAP
patches.
This
blog feed is about configuring SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization client
functions and
SAP
Quality Center, and creating an application area in QuickTest Professional. these comonents also form SAP TOA communication channel
select root or create folder for installation
As you
understand -SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization is designed for
SAP-GUI-based applications. SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization users should
be experienced quality managers who are familiar with the SAP Quality Center
application by HP, SAP GUI ERP applications, and business process testing.
The Configurationscreen
with the following tabs appears.
· License
· Self Test
· Inspect
· Import / Export
· Consolidate
· Log
· PFA
· Expert
· Others
SAP
Test Acceleration and Optimization has a different and improved licensing
model. It is server-based. An SAP Solution Manager (with SP 20 or higher)
instance now distributes licenses to the clients. You need to go into
configuration, to set-up this license.
1 If the SAP Solution Manager system is not displayed on the License tab page, perform the following sub-steps:
a. In the SAP Logon add the required SAP Solution Manager system.
b. On the Licensetab page of the Configuration window, choose Refresh SAP Logon List.
2 On the Licensetab page enter the required user credentials.
For more information on the user and role, referee Security on administration guide.
3. Choose Test SAP Connection.
4. Choose Check for License, to request a license.
Your local instance of SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization is now enabled.
You can use the features of SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization only if the license is approved.
5. To retrieve the last saved configuration, choose Restore Connection.
Self Test
The Self-testtab
page is used to verify the following:
SAP
Test Acceleration and Optimization has been installed
The
configuration file, license and CBASE libraries
The
environment files specified in the configuration file
The
initialization variables specified in the RTL configuration file
The
default components have been uploaded for the quality center project as
mentioned in the PFA tab page
The
system displays the report in the lower half of the Self Test tab
Installing the SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization Runtime Library (RTL)
The
following instructions apply once only for each new project (a project is an
SAP Quality Center project) and only after the first installation of SAP Test
Acceleration and Optimization. If you are migrating from SAP Test Acceleration
and Optimization 1.0.3 to 2.0 or a higher version, see snd webite for further
help.
1.
Copy the CBASE_Default folder from the installation folder (by default C:\Program
Files\SAP\SAP TAO).
2.
Paste the folder into a location that you specified in the Root Path window
during installation of SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization.
I
recommend that you put this folder in a shared location.
Rename
the folder to CBASE.
For more
information,
Inspect
The Inspecttab
page selects the activities that you want SAP Test Acceleration and
Optimization to perform during inspection and creation
of components.
The
type of component selected determines whether it needs to get data from the
screen (Get) or from a data table (Set).
Select
at least one of the options available. For more information, see Figure
BELOW.The Get components save any value of the supported objects in a data table field (DT_). All the parameters in a Get component are DT_ values.
You can use these values either to make a comparison or as input to another field.
The naming convention for Get components is the same as for Set components, with a suffix of _GET.
Import / Export
The Import
/ Export tab page specifies the activities to be performed when
transferring components between SAP Quality Center and SAP Test Acceleration
and Optimization client. A feature of SAP Test Acceleration and Optimization is
the ability to overwrite components each time one is uploaded.
You
can activate the repository synchronization tool, which is a support tool, for
synchronizing the quality center and repository. We recommend that you do not
activate this tool unless requested by SAP.
Consolidate
The Consolidatetab page specifies the activities to be performed when consolidating test components.
The options include:
Add Component Name in Consolidated Script
To put hints in a test script to identify the component used.
Create“EMPTY” Parameters
To create an empty parameter representing all the parameters that have no value.
For more information,
PFA
On
the PFAtab page, you perform the basic settings for PFA.
Test Folder Path
you specify the location for the tests in the SAP Quality Center created using the PFA.
Default Component Path
you specify the location of default components in the SAP Quality Center, which the PFA uses while uploading the analysis.
Overwrite Test With Same Name
You select this option if you want the new test of a transaction to replace an existing test.
Suffix for Duplicate Test
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