Why have a full SAP PI/PO regression test case is needed
Daniel Graversen
I help simplifying your SAP Integration process from DevOps to PI to Integration Suite migrations
Do you have a full set of regression test cases of your SAP PI/PO system and can run them when needed to ensure that nothing is broken.
This week I was talking with a potential customer about our testing tool and the newest feature where they did not need to install anything on the PI system. They did, unfortunately, have a too old version of one of the components to allow us to read the log messages. It was added with OSS 2437778.
With the way SAP is delivering the Java code is it cumulative patches. This means that patch 3 contains updates from patch 2 plus some more changes. They are also linked with dependencies so if you upgrade one, you need to upgrade other. So most of the time you have to update many components and you have no idea about how this will affect everything your interfaces.
In a normal company it will take a long time to validate these things, so if you're just adding a simple feature it is really a no go to do this. There may not be a business case for it.
That's the reason why I want to have a full set of regression test cases that you can just run whenever there is any patch or an upgrade that you have to ensure that everything works as expected without involving people in the testing of the new features.
With most test tools that take a long time to set up these the test cases and that's why we've created a tool to enable you to set up these test cases fast. We had a customer Anadarko Petroleum Corporation that could set up 300 test cases in just 3 weeks. Now you should be able to do it faster because of our optimizations.
The cost of running the test for the full system is close to zero, so you can run them daily to get information about how the system performs or if anything is broken.
So you can apply the latest support packs if you want to have an updated system with the latest features and fixes.
You can download Figaf IRT tool and use the tool for free upto 10 ICO's to test on your own SAP PI/PO system.
You can find a longer version of this post at Figaf.com