Integration testing

[Former Member]

Hi,

When we are doing the SAP BW integration testing what exactly we mean

Is it the whole data flow testing ( Through runnning the process chain)

what we exactly need to test: volume of the data? Error message? Post loading activities like activation? etc

Please correct Me if I am wrong.

And when we say performence testing is it a running a report and how much time its taking?

or loading a huge volume of data in to he target and check how much time ita taking?

[Former Member]

Hi Pranita,

Integration testing is an orderly progression of testing in which software elements, hardware elements or both are combined and tested until the entire system has been integrated.

In terms of SAP BW, Integration tests deal mainly with the testing of cross-application process chains in addition to transactions and business processes. The process models and the test cases derived from these form the basis of these tests, the tests that have been mentioned by you are correct examples of integration testing

Performance testing means checking the performance of the system for eg: in case if you have a BWA indexes on a cube & there has been an upgrade in the BWA hardware, then testing the reports for their execution can be considered as an example for performance testing. Also in case if there has been an upgrade where the table space has been increased then checking the time that loading takes or in case if it was earlier loading failed then if the loading completes on time can be considered as an example.

Refer the below link, it will be very helpful:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/600defe0-48ed-2c10-51be-84349d14b...

Thanks

Pawan

[former_member182470]

Hi Pranitha,

Your Question itself contains all Answers. The doubts you have raised are all very crucial in the system performance.

Nothing to confuse much..........

Regards,

Suman

[Former Member]

Hi,

What I have understood,

Integration test: we can do through Process chain.

senarios will be update data target, activation/ compression etc...

and perfprmence test: Query performence...

when you said system performence... Can you plz elaborate?

[Former Member]

Hi Pranitha,

The system performance here in BW is the overall system performance which is similar to anyother system depends on several parameters:

Some of the parameters determining the system performance are:

1) Is the system able to handle the jobs that have been triggered by various users.

2) Is the system able to respond in short span of time when a transaction code was entered.

for example : if you have entered a transaction code : RSA1 and the system is taking long time to open the tcode then definitely a performance issue and needs to be addressed:

3) Is your system having required number of free processes so that all your jobs can run fine. Try transaction code : SM51/ SM50. BAsis team can increase the work process in RZ10,RZ11.

4) In case if a data load is happening, then is there enough tablespace to accomodate the load successfully, in case not then table space needs to be addressed by the ERP / Basis team

5) Is there enough Database space in the system whcih can be checked by db02 tcode.

Basically the performance issues are handled by the ERP team or performance management teams, So in case if such issues are faced then these issues need to be informed to the associated teams.

You can refer the below link where various performance tuning parameters have bee discussed:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5005c6c3-364b-2b10-fea9-c476d0885...

Also check the below thread which discusses on some performance issues in BW & how to correct them:

Please post in case of further doubts

Thanks

Pawan

[Former Member]

Thnx Pawn