SAP Bank Analyzer Implementation Strategy -High Level Contents / Overview

Testing SAP Bank Analyzer –

This article will explain best approach and test strategy to test SAP Bank Analyzer solutions, upgrade or integration. Recently I've had opportunity to work on two demo solutions for a banking system SAP Bank analyzer implementation within risk and profit analyses team and a short term test strategy development for rapid SAP bank analyzer implementation within an investment bank.

This article will explain best approach and test strategy to test SAP Bank Analyzer solution 8.0,or  upgrade from 7.0 50 8 or integration. Recently we worked on two demo solutions for a banking risk system SAP Bank analyzer implementation within risk and profit analyses team and a short term test strategy development for rapid SAP bank analyzer implementation within an investment bank.

In next couple of blogs we will detail an effective way to test SAP Bank analyzer and its individual components.

SAP Bank Analyzer Test Strategy - high level contents - anyone interested to see detailed strategy – please follow blog and send email so we can review version of test strategy that has following :

 

Detailed contents

1          Overview..................................................................................... 5

1.1       Introduction.................................................................... 5

1.2       Document Purpose....................................................... 5

1.3       Document Scope........................................................................................................... 5

1.4       Document Context....................................................................... 5

1.5       Document Status....................................................................................... 5

1.6       Document Hierarchy.......................................................... 5

2          Service Design and Business Architecture......................................... 7

2.1 SAP BA (Sub-Ledger) Project Scope

- <doc name -SAP GL and Sub Ledger Testing Strategy v0.1 20121110>

- SAP BA - Test Objectives in upgrade and in new Implementation

- upgrade objectives

- new SAP BA implementation

           

Service Documentation................................................................. 7

2.2       Business Architecture........................................................................ 8

3          Test Approach

SAP BA - Testing Approach (As standalone components – Integration and E2E

- Testing Process and Procedures, compliance, tool, on infrastructure

- Defect and resolution Plan

- Roles and Responsibilities – Mainly SMEs, BA engagement

- Process and any improvement (constant feedback) and Root cause analysis

- Deliverables

- All deliverables eg Common deliverables test plans, test cases, test scripts, test matrix and a defect log etc

-Schedule – specific to project

-Environmental Needs

-Data Need

-Resource Management – Important from skills of all personnel involved in the

- testing Risk and Contingencies Plan

-Approvals and Workflow – Functional consultants' engagement

 
               SAP GL and bank Analyzer Testing Overview.....................

3.2       Test Process Map and Key Products.......................................... 11

3.3       Test Workshops............................................................................ 11

3.4       Test Stage Overview............................................... 11

3.5       Test Preparation......................................... 13

3.6       Test Readiness Review Meeting...................................................... 13

3.7       Test Execution...................................................................... 13

3.8       Test Metrics........................................................................ 14

3.9       Test Completion Reports

3.10     Test Completion Review Meeting...................................................... 15

3.11     Test Documentation Deliverables...................................................... 15

3.12     Test Traceability........................................................................ 16

3.13     Test Observation Reports.............................................................. 17

4          Banks FI Testing.......................................................................................... 18

Clarity and definition of the SAP BA features and functions can be tested and can not to be tested

 

4.1       Early SMEs SAP BA Testing Overview................................................ 18

5          Early Testing...................................................................................... 20

5.1       SandBox Testing Scope................................................................................................. 20

5.2       SandBox Testing Pre-requisites...................................................................................... 2

5.3       Entry Criteria for Industry Test Stage

5.4       Success Criteria for Industry Test Stage.......................................................

5.5       Suspension / Resumption of Testing................................................. 23

5.6                High Level scenarios

5.7                      Finance Accounts Testing scenario and their Results

There could be two scenarios either – Accounting IFRS implementation or risk architecture – see below diagram for both ..  

A)  Accounting IFRS implementation (accounting consequence, SGL scenarios)

B) Risk architecture

Lets review each of the element in the diagram
See SAP SDN for SDS -

 First later is SD component to load original data from other operational systems or source systems into the Source Data Layer (SDL) by means of an extraction, transformation, and loading process (ETL process).  The SDL saves, consolidates, and manages the original data. At the same time it provides interfaces to additional operational systems.

The primary objects of the Source Data Layer (SDL) and their scenario versions are a flexible way of saving master data, flow data, and market data. They also group this data into units that belong together logically from a business perspective. This ensures that the Bank Analyzer components that are linked to the SDL have a standard, consistent data source.

In addition to storing primary object data, the SDL provides the following primary objects functions for applications linked to it:

 

●     Access to source data

●     General functions for source data layer

●     Methods for source data

●     General access to corrections

●     Tools

Integration

The SDL provides both the central original data basis and a part of the underlying infrastructure for linked applications. It is therefore a key element in ensuring the consistency of data and results.

 

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Category 1 - business transactions

 

• Post external business transactions
• Update secondary business Transactions

Category 2 - date valuation
 

• Key date valuation for all financial positions
• Financial Positions for Period (PICC) event processing etc
• Update costing for period before GL and during transferring GL documents
• Calculation for all PICC

Category 3 – SAP GL Postings

• GL Connector and document generation – Journal and document review and finance reconciliation of the GL, Profit centre and any material code posting review
• Balance processing step 1 - (SV)
• Balance processing step 2 - (ATP)

Testing of the accounting for FI with Aggregation (AFI) for Accounts Results before RDL and GL

Category 1 – position management

• Generate Finance Instruments position
• Aggregate Financial Transactions
• Prepare Business Transactions for Aggregation
• Process Reassignments for Business Transactions
• Aggregate Business Transactions
• Aggregate Current Accrual Results
• Process Reassignments for Accrual results
• Aggregate Retroactive
• Accrual Results
• Derive Application Events for source data aggregation

Imported Sub-Ledger Documents (ISD) for Results

 ISD sub-ledger import

 

6          Test Infrastructure......................................................... 38

6.1       Test Environment............................................. 38

6.2       Test Data......................................................... 38

7          Live (Pilot)...................................................................... 39

8          Test Observation Management..................................................... 40

8.1       Severity Levels............................................................... 40

8.2       Priority Levels........................................................... 41

9          Roles and Responsibilities.............................................. 42

9.1       Test Organisation Structure................................................ 43

10        High-Level Summary Timeline................................... 44

10.1     Key Milestones........................................................ 44

10.2     SAP GL and SAP  BA Testing Timeline.................................. 45

11        Risks and Issues......................................... 46

Appendix A - Glossary.................................................................... 47

Appendix B - Test Process Map....................................................... 52

Appendix C - Test Specification................................................................. 53

C.1       Test Documentation....................... 53

C.2       Example SAP GL Test Scenarios................................................ 53

C.3       Example SAP Bank Analyzer  Test Scenario & test coverage Information........ 55

Appendix D - Example Test Stage Plan Contents List........................... 56

Appendix E - Example Test Observation Form Contents List........................ 57

Appendix F - Example Test Completion Report Contents List.................. 58

Appendix G - Example Test Progress Report Contents List........................... 59

Appendix H - SAP BA Business Process List................................. 60