List and Review of the Best SAP Automation Testing Tools:
Being a QA tester of any software application/component means a tester with some common basic skills of testing. Either its web testing, product testing or SAP testing.
All the application basic testing skills are the same, with the same concept and perception of providing a bug-free application.
So, SAP tester is not someone with too many additional skills, but one with good knowledge of SAP projects.
The positivei thing with a SAP QA person is that the functional knowledge during the study of SAP project acquired in a company can be utilized in the SAP project in another company.
While a normal QA can hardly get a similar project in different companies. And they need to start with a requirement study from scratch.
In methodologies, strategies, planning, and stages of testing, SAP testing is not different from normal application testing.
For SAP Automation Testing, SAP testing too requires tools for better test coverage, test efficiency, reduce time span in testing and best productivity for customer satisfaction.
Table of Contents:
Most Popular Automation SAP Testing Tools
Enlisted below are the Top SAP Testing Tools that are used worldwide.
- Avo Assure
- Leapwork
- Micro Focus (QTP) UFT
- eCATT
- SAP TAO
- Tricentis Tosca
- Selenium
- Micro Focus Silk Test
- Ranorex Studio
- TestComplete
- Worksoft
- Qualibrate
- Testimony
- RightData
Let’s Explore!!
#1) Avo Assure
Avo Assure is a 100% scriptless test automation solution that helps you achieve end-to-end and continuous testing. This user-friendly solution enables enterprises to deliver high-quality SAP and non-SAP applications faster. In addition, being heterogeneous and intuitive, it makes SAP upgrades and migrations easier.
Avo Assure is certified for integration with SAP S4/HANA and SAP NetWeaver. It offers over 90% automation coverage without writing a single line of code. It equips you to test across multiple platforms like web, mobile, desktop, ERP applications, mainframes, associated emulators, and more by autogenerating test cases.
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With Avo Assure, you can:
- Ensure seamless cross-platform testing without downloading and installing plugins individually for each platform.
- Perform iterative and end-to-end testing while migrating from SAP ECC to S/4HANA.
- Fast forward SAP releases using SAP test accelerators consisting of 100s of pre-built test cases.
- Visualize SAP test flows through Mindmaps. Define test plans and design test flow with a few clicks of the buttons. Assign tasks using the test case authoring feature.
- Use the Mindmap extension to reuse existing test constructs to build new individual scenarios or end-to-end business process flows.
- Enable accessibility testing with a single click of a button.
- Execute multiple scenarios simultaneously using the Smart Scheduling and Execution feature.
- Leverage seamless integrations with SDLC and Continuous Integration systems like Jira, Sauce Labs, ALM, TFS, Jenkins, Salesforce, and QTest.
- Get easy-to-read reports in the form of screenshots and videos of each step of execution.
#2) Leapwork
Leapwork is a no-code test automation platform that strips away complexity to drive rapid automation progress across complex IT environments driven by SAP.
As an SAP partner, Leapwork removes challenges that commonly block SAP automation success – such as slow test mapping and difficult collaboration between stakeholders – by enabling SAP solution experts and business users to leverage their existing expertise to build, maintain, and scale automation quickly.
With Leapwork, enterprises can minimize technical debt, reduce risk, and speed up activity linked to working with legacy technologies, complex customizations, and business processes that run across applications.
Key Capabilities
- Visual, no-code approach designed for business users.
- Robust SAP GUI and Fiori automation.
- Works across technology to support seamless end-to-end transactions.
- Multi-tiered architecture built for DevOps.
- Integrations to all common ALM and CI/CD toolsets.
- Visual troubleshooting and reporting.
- Reusable cases and components.
- Drive automation with data from external sources.
- Built-in GxP and DevOps compliance tools.
#3) Micro Focus (QTP) UFT
QTP automation tool, which is also known as UFT, is one of the most popular tools in the market. It supports many environments and SAP is one of them.
Its excellent features and user-friendly quality have made it a great choice for SAP testing.
No extra expertise is required for SAP testing with QTP. It can be tested like any other application. All should know QTP very well.
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#4) eCATT
eCATT is a software testing tool used to automate test scenarios. It is created by SAP to enable testing in SAP UI for windows and JAVA. We can say eCATT is a replacement for CATT with better features for new developments.
#5) SAP TAO
SAP-developed TAO, which stands for Test Acceleration and Optimization. This tool helps in increasing the speed of automated test cases for end-to-end scenarios. It runs well with QC and QTP to ease the process of testing. It is easy to integrate it with SAP solutions manager for the maintenance of test cases and components.
#6) Tricentis Tosca
Tricentis Tosca is the solution to all challenges for SAP including help in fulfilling all government standards and regulations. It provides support in managing test cases with a reduced cost in the most effective manner.
The tool has a system to import data and components from the SAP solution manager and convert them into required automated test cases in the given environment.
Using this tool one can reduce the number of test cases by 50%. At the same time, business risk coverage can be increased by 85%.
#7) Selenium
As most of the applications are web-based applications in SAP. And Selenium is one of the best web testing frameworks which is an open-source too. Hence it is considerable for SAP testing with a very supportive web driver. Selenium with a framework like TestNG works good for functional testing of SAP web application.
#8) Micro Focus Silk Test
Silktest has certification to support SAP for the best quality deliveries at minimum cost. SilkTest workbench integration is very popular with SAP eCATT and SAP GUI in SAP users for HTML technology-based products.
It allows them to manage the testing from scratch to finish of complex SAP business processes with a strong and inbuilt approach.
#9) Ranorex Studio
Ranorex Studio is simply the best solution for testing complex business process chains that extend beyond SAP applications and include a large variety of technologies. Whether you want to identify SAP Fiori elements or dynamic SAP control IDs: Ranorex Studio’s best-in-class object recognition tool can track elements of your SAP solution, and beyond.
Features include:
- Shareable object repository and reusable code modules for efficient test creation and reduced maintenance.
- Data-driven and keyword-driven testing.
- Customizable test report with video reporting of test execution – see what happened in a test run without having to re-run the test!
- Run SAP tests in parallel or distribute them on a Selenium Grid with built-in Selenium Webdriver support.
- Integrates with tools like Jira, Jenkins, TestRail, Git, Travis CI, and more.
#10) TestComplete
Test complete is a great and popular automation tool in the IT industry. To a great extent, it is also good for automating SAP applications.
Still, for complete access to extended properties of the application, some support like add-ons or workaround may be required.
Like other applications SAP too requires performance testing to determine the performance, strength, flexibility, and fastness of the application.
#11) Worksoft
Worksoft is the premier continuous test automation platform of choice for enterprises looking to accelerate Agile-plus-DevOps adoption and test complex, end-to-end business processes for SAP and non-SAP applications.
Chosen by SAP to test SAP applications, Worksoft is considered the “gold standard” for SAP testing, uniquely designed to test SAP business processes the way organizations use them – to meet each client’s unique objectives.
Automated functional and performance testing solutions help ensure business process quality end-to-end, across all applications, technologies, interfaces, devices, and geographies. From unit and regression testing to high-velocity daily testing, Worksoft handles every SAP process.
Key Reasons Clients Choose Worksoft for SAP :
- Proven business-driven approach and customer experience
- Offering full test coverage of the entire SAP family of packaged applications
- The code-free solution that can be leveraged across user types
- World’s leading SIs have embedded Worksoft automation in their SAP testing practices
- Ability to support Agile-plus-DevOps testing practices
- Standalone automated discovery and documentation capabilities
- Advanced object recognition capabilities for SAP Fiori and rapid release of version updates
- Out-of-the-box integrations with other testing tools, ALM systems, and DevOps toolchains.
#12) Qualibrate
Qualibrate is the cloud solution for SAP test automation: It has the power of simplicity, customization, and integration with the most CI/CD tools. Test cases are highly reusable and easily maintainable.
Even the most basic SAP implementations still demand teams to be well organized to deal with the complexities of delivering value into production. Activities for testing, documentation, and learning require a unified approach to avoid manual work and duplicate efforts.
Qualibrate provides a revolutionary approach to deliver SAP programs minimizing the risk and reducing the implementation resources up to 80%.
With Qualibrate, project teams can rely on a unique source: The Business Process recording. The recording becomes the foundation for business process documentation, automated E2E regression testing, Manual Test, and end-user training material.
With a unified and consistent automation engine that supports all SAP UI frameworks, teams can create robust and easily maintainable E2E scenarios. In addition to that, with Qualibrate you can run accelerated User Acceptance Testing.
If you are moving to S/4HANA, training becomes critical for business transformation at scale. With Qualibrate, you will be able to create interactive training materials for the end-user, to maximize the adoption of the new system.
Many deliverables into 1: With Qualibrate you can increase your team efficiency and lower the risk of bad quality in production releases.
#13) Testimony
Testimony, from Basis Technologies, reinvents SAP regression testing. Part of the only DevOps and test automation platform engineered specifically for SAP software, it eliminates test script creation and maintenance and removes the need for test data management.
Testimony’s unique Robotic Test Automation technology automatically creates and updates a comprehensive regression test library that accurately reflects a day in the life of your business i.e. the cost, effort, and complexity of traditional testing methods are eliminated.
As part of a DevOps approach, Testimony allows you to shift left and execute comprehensive regression tests before changes even reach QA to ensure that frequent, agile delivery of change doesn’t increase business risk.
Key Reasons For Which SAP Users Choose Testimony:
- Accelerate delivery of innovation, projects, upgrades, and updates
- Eliminate manual effort: automatically create, execute and update test cases.
- Increase development efficiency by shifting regression testing left.
- Enhance DevOps for SAP through automated continuous testing.
- Reduce the cost of testing and liberate functional experts.
- Run system-wide tests in a matter of days (when fully configured).
- Test beyond the user interface to increase confidence and reduce risk.
#14) RightData
RDt is a self-service SAP data testing tool designed to help business and technology teams with the automation of data quality assurance, data quality control processes, and migration/upgrade testing.
Using RDt, users can easily configure, execute, and schedule SAP data reconciliation and validation test scenarios with no programming. For S/4 HANA migration, RDt makes it simple to test, validate, and reconcile data as outlined in SAP’s Rapid Data migration methodology.
Key Reasons Why Clients Choose RDt:
- Ability to connect to SAP data sources.
- Ability to understand the data that needs to be tested by querying, analyzing, and profiling.
- Validate/reconcile data between point A and point B.
- Ability to send alerts/notifications based on the status.
- Reporting of data exceptions when encountered.
- Functional Data Reconciliation between source and target using RDt’s Scenario Studio.
- Technical Data Reconciliation or Bulk Comparison between systems or across systems in the landscape using RDt’s Scenario Builder.
- Business Rule Validation using RDt’s Scenario Builder.
Best SAP Performance Testing Tools
#15) JMeter
Jmeter tool is a well known free tool used for performance testing, which includes Load as well as stress testing. It tests, static as well as dynamic resources.
To check the performance and incoming traffic of SAP business intelligence application, Jmeter is one of the best choices. JMeter popularity is increasing day by day, even in SAP users because of its great benefits and user-friendliness.
Check The Official Website Here.
#16) Open STA
OpenSTA tool is also an open-source option for load testing for SAP users.
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However, there might be some issues that need to be handled for dynamic content with OpenSTA while load testing. If the user is expertise in OpenSTA then things can be easy and good for SAP application testing.
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#17) Micro Focus LoadRunner
Where Load runner is one of the best load testing tools. For SAP GUI testing, it has certain drawbacks, complexities, and limitations of scaling the test. Still, it is the only option for GUI load testing of SAP applications.
SAP users are extensively using and recommending it. And the reason must be its easiness in handling the dynamic contents of the SAP application.
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#18) IBM Rational Performance Tester
IBM Rational Robot is an automation tool and component of the Rational Suite Test studio. It is used for GUI automated testing of SAP R3 applications.
IBM Rational Performance tester tool is the extension of SAP solutions that enhance the scalability and performance testing of SAP applications.
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Other SAP Management Tools
#19) Micro Focus ALM / Quality Center:
SAP Quality center is a web-based HP test management tool. Quality center this tool also includes various testing activities of manual testing, automation testing, and business processes.
This tool is an extension of the SAP solution manager with testing qualities. Hence SAP QC is a great test management tool for SAP users.
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#20) ISTA (Infosys SAP Test Automation Accelerator) and ACCORD:
Infosys Test Automation Accelerator is like an add-on to improve and speed up the automation of functional, regressing and performance testing. This gives an end to end automation test of multiple technology applications.
ISTA allows testing in the very early stage of the life cycle, even when the blueprint of the SAP project is developed. It also provides an inbuilt set of standard scenarios and components of automation in SAP, which can be customized as per requirements by the business users.
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#21) WATIR:
Watir is an excellent open-source tool for automating web browsers. It supports all web applications irrespective of their technology. The tool belongs to Ruby Libraries and can be used for SAP testing too. This tool is also great with the backend or data-driven testing capabilities.
Check The Official Website Here.
Conclusion
The above SAP Testing Tools tools must be expensive and need expert hands to use them. But manual testing has its limitations for complex IT projects like SAP, mainly in investment terms.
The choice of tool for SAP testing should be your idea on the basis of unique objectives, the workflow of the particular business process and technologies used.
Before considering the tool for any project, give enough time to know the ins and outs of the project. Then finalize the tool as per the budget, team expertise/experience and technologies used in it.
As automation success very much depends on the right selection of the testing tool.
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