Dear Zenia,
SAP CATT - Computer Aided Test Tool
Just sharing my experiences with CATT (although, I have not used this feature in the last 2
years or so !).
Simply, any one in SAP can use this tool as long as you can access to the tcode. I used
CATT atleast in 3 different SAP modules. Typically, in SAP projects, CATT execution is a
favorite task for "technical" associates. When the technical resources are either not
available immediately or their plate is full with other important tasks, functional
associates can simply jump into this activity, since there is no coding or programming
involved. This tool has been a great gift from SAP since I am a functional person and could
not do coding ! I can remember at least 30 or 40 occassions where I used CATT to get this
and that done.
Below find few examples:
1. Created multiple sales orders (excess of 200) in a matter of minutes for the purpose of
end user training
2. Created multiple purchase ordes (excess of 200) in a matter of minutes for the purpose of
end user training
3. Created Deliveries for the sales orders in a matter of minutes for the purpose of end
user training
4. Created config. entires, if the volume of records is large. I remember once I entered
900 records.
5. Extensively used in preparing the transactional data for the purpose of archiving. It
worked impeccably.
6. Loading of master data (example: material groups)
Note: Upon execution of CATT, it is very possible that some records will fail, which have to
be addressed manually. SAP really needs to further enhance this area of CATT because, there
is no easy way of identifying the failed ones, it has to be done manually. One workaround
is simply download the result into an Excel and using sort feature of Excel, identify the
failed ones and deal with them manually.
Do award points if you found them useful.
Regards,
Rakesh
Bluesky
