(DV-2005) BEx Analyzer Execution & Backend

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May 22, 2020
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BEx Analyzer Test Case Execution

When a BEx Analyzer Test case is added to the Test Plan a new Test Run is automatically created. The Test Run has a generated Run ID and the description holds the technical name of Test Plan. All of the BEx Analyzer Variants selected during the creation of the BEx Analyzer Test Case are automatically added into the Variant selection. By clicking on  'Execute', the screen for the standard BEx Analyzer Testing scenario is displayed. 

BEx Analyzer test execution contains following steps:

  1. Download Before/Source Image
  2. Download After/Target Image
  3. Compare Before and After Image
  4. Display results

Download Before/Source image 

All of the variants in test run are executed by clicking on the 'Before/Source Image' button from the toolbar or on execute button  on the right side of folder. To execute a single variant use the execute button on the right side of each variant.

Download After/Target image 

By clicking on the 'After/Target Image' button, or the execute button  on the right side of folder, all variants in test run are then executed. To execute a single variant use the execute button on the right side of each variant.

Logon to system for image creation

Before the first run of Before Image execution and After Image execution user is required to provide logon information to system. All documents should have same source system. Choose connection type according to your system landscape. With Application server provide System number, with Message server provide Group. If provided logon data are not valid, workbook cannot be refreshed and execution will end with error. Logon data can be also changed by click on ‘Change logon’ button .


Two free session needed for test execution. During execution Excel application is launched – do not manipulate with excel during test execution, it will be automatically closed after testing.

Compare Before and After image 

By clicking on the 'Execute Comparison' button in the toolbar or on the execute button  on the right side of folder, all of the variants in test run in the before and after images are compared. To execute comparison for single variant use the compare button on the right side of each variant.

Display results 

By clicking the 'Results' button in toolbar or double click on  in the BEx Analyzer Testing screen the results are displayed.

All variants and their identified BEx objects and Worksheets are displayed on screen. Double click on the table name to see additional information about BEx object or worksheet, the data is displayed on the right side of screen. Differences in before and after image are highlighted by red.

BEx Analyzer testing Display results - BEx objects and worksheets 

Reset

You can find a reset button  on the right side of each variant allowing you to reset a single variant.

Exclude range

By double click on document name in test run (before image or after image) you can set ranges on worksheets which will not be tested. 

All detected BEx objects are automatically added as excluded area to avoid reading data twice.