Development Testing using quality data from Production : eCATT

[Former Member]

Hi,

Our landscape consists of Development, QA and Production server. When we apply a patch or upgrade on Development, we spend enormous of time testing each of the functionalities within the various SAP HR modules we implement in the Development server. Without good and meaningful data in Development, we have to recreate test records each time, which is extremely time consuming and tedious.

We need to test in Development server with data referencing from Production. This is important, otherwise, we may have to re-create the base master and transaction data required to test the various test scenarios in Development server, and more so, when we need to test our customized reports using meaningful and quality data (rather than creating them). In short, we need :

- use 'real-life data' to facilitate more 'accurate' testing.

- replicate production data whilst ensuring security.

- data can be selectively replicated from one server to another.

Can eCATT help, to allow us to test in Development with data accessed or referenced from Production ? Thanks.

Regards

Kir Chern

[Former Member]

Hi,

eCATT is a Test tool which is used to create and execute functional tests for software. The primary aim is the automatic testing of SAP business processes. Each test generates a detailed log that documents the test process and results.

The question you asked is "If we can use eCATT to test a transaction in Development with the data from production" -

---

what I feel is not possible.

In eCATT,, for example you have developed a script and data container ( which will contain the data that the script will require ) in development, and want to execute the same in Quality with the same data.... that is possible. However, the records that will be created ( by the transaction ) will be in Quality and not in development ( just as RFC ).

Regards