(DV-2308) Setup and Installation

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Sept 07, 2023

SNP Validate is delivered in a form of transport requests with all available functionalities included. We provide SNP Validate together with Reuse Library, which is necessary for those customers, who have not received it with the other products.

All users working with SNP Validate (including RFC users executing activities on remote SAP systems) require the authorization role /DVD/VALIDATE, which is included in SNP Validate installation transports.

Authorization role /DVD/VALIDATE may introduce new authorizations with the new SNP Validate's version. Therefore it is required to regenerate the corresponding authorization profile after each new SNP Validate's update.  

SNP Validate data images contain information from all tested InfoProviders, queries, tables, and reports. Note that SNP 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.


SNP Validate Prerequisites

SNP Validate SectionPrerequisites
General

Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

SAP NetWeaver, SAP ERP 6.0, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW4/HANA

SAP Basis 700 - 703 SPS15, up to 755 SP01

SAP BW 7.0 to 7.5 (Recommended 7.01 or higher)

SAP GUI 7.4 or higher (for 7.7x the setup for HTML Browser Control with Edge is not supported yet)  

SAP Logon Language EN (some texts may missing in other logon languages)

Dashboard

Internet Explorer 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 9 or higher with:

  • ActiveX enabled
  • Scripting enabled
  • Disabled Protected Mode

MS Excel (Office 2007 – Office 2016, 32-64 bit)

Web Templates newer than the 3.5 version

Web Intelligence Test Case

Internet Explorer 9 or higher with:

  • ActiveX enabled
  • Scripting enabled
  • Disabled Protected Mode

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

MS Excel (Office 2010 – Office 2016, 32-bit)

BI AddOn 7.X (based on 7.40)
- for Support Package 9 use patch BI740SP09P_910-20012040.EXE

BI AddOn 7.X (based on 7.50) 
- Support Package 3 or higher needed

Excel add-in BExAnalyzer.xla added to Excel Add-ins

Step-by-step installation

1. SNP Validate installation package consists of the following transports:

  • Reuse Library (part of the distribution package)
    • Fix or Patch for Reuse Library (if it was created)  
  • SNP Validate
    • Fixes or Patch for SNP Validate (if it was created) 

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.

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 . 

1

SNP Validate contains tables that are client-dependent. It is therefore required that SNP Validate transports are imported with the same client, as the one you work with SNP Validate.

2

Do not import Reuse Library if you already have it in the same or a higher version on the system.

3

Make sure XPRA executes successfully, otherwise the creation of Variants will be disabled.


6. Access the SNP Validate Cockpit by entering the transaction /DVD/VALIDATE in the target SAP system or open it from the user menu under the folder SNP Validate (authorization role /DVD/VALIDATE is required).

SNP Validate transaction


7. Go to the title bar, click on the top left button and in the pop-up menu select SNP Validate – License.

Insert/Change license


8. Click Copy to clipboard to obtain data required for license generation and send them to your consultant by 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 SNP Validate Setup

SNP Validate supports several test case types and not all of them are relevant for you. After the first SNP Validate installation, choose the test cases that you will need in the future, through the /DVD/VAL_SETUP transaction.

SNP Validate setup