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Validate data images contain information from all tested InfoProviders, queries, and tables. Please note that Validate can, in some cases, access data without any authorization. See the Settings section for more information on how data can be protected against unauthorized access. |
Validate Prerequisites
| Validate Section | Prerequisites |
| General | Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 SAP BW 7.0 to 7.5 (Recommended 7.01 or higher) |
Dashboard | Internet Explorer 8 or higher (Recommended 9 or higher) |
Test Case Document, Status Document | MS Word (Office 2007 – Office 2016) |
Test Plan Report | MS Word (Office 2007 – Office 2016) |
Web Template Test Case | Internet Explorer 8 or higher with:
MS Excel (Office 2007 – Office 2016, 32-64 bit) Web Templates 3.5 or higher |
Web Intelligence Test Case | Internet Explorer 8 or higher with:
MS Excel (Office 2007 – Office 2016, 32-64 bit) SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 Support Pack 6 |
ListCube and DrillDown Test Case | For NLS data testing, SAP 7.3 or higher |
DTP Test Case | Transformation with source: InfoCube, DataSource, and DSO are supported Transformation with the target: InfoCube, DSO, and WODS are supported |
Frontend Testing | Scripting enabled on the server for the ‘sapgui/user_scripting’ parameter Activated scripting for SAP GUI without notifications Disabled SAP GUI security settings on the test execution machine |
| BEx Analyzer Testing | BI AddOn 7.X (based on 7.40) Excel add-in BExAnalyzer.xla added to Excel Add-ins |
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Validate contains tables that are client dependent. It is therefore required that Validate transports are imported with the same client, as the one you work |
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Step by step installation
1. Validate installation package consists of the following transports:
- Reuse Library (part of the distribution package)
- Datavard Validate Core
- Datavard Validate Backend [BW]
- Datavard Validate Frontend [FT]
The transports must be copied into a transport directory of your target SAP system.
2. Access the Transport management system, by entering the transaction STMS.
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Transport Management System
3. Select the target system.
Target system selection
4. Add the above-mentioned transports through the menu Extras > Other Request > Add. 
Transport selection
5. You must select the transports one by one in the order mentioned in point 1 and import them by clicking 
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6. Access Datavard Validate Cockpit by entering the transaction /DVD/VALIDATE in the target SAP system.
7. Go to the title bar, click on the Datavard button and in the pop-up menu select Datavard Validate – License.
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Insert/Change license
8. Click Copy to clipboard to obtain data required for license generation and please send them to your Datavard consultant by
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e-mail.
9. After obtaining the license key from your consultant, insert it into the License key field and add also the date into Valid to.
Initial Validate Setup
Validate supports several test case types and not all of them are relevant for you. After the first Validate installation, choose the test cases that you will need in the future, through the /DVD/VALIDATE_SETUP transaction.
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Validate setup