Test Case Preparation – A neglected but significant skill
While working on any Z development like smart form or Z report or some non-standard functionality, as a functional consultant our primary duty is to prepare test case. If you approach ABAP consultant with any above mentioned requirement, he will not entertain us until & unless you present him a test case which will articulate exact client requirement.
Hence I always feel test case preparation is a significant skill which should be mastered by each functional consultant. It will certainly pay off. But it’s equally true its neglected one.
According to my experience I would like to mentioned few Golden rules of test case preparation. By sticking to these rules, one can make his or her life more comfortable:
1) Test case should always be of multiple line items. If it is more than 10 it would be better.
2) Always try to use different items/materials for each line item.
3) Material quantity should be odd numbers like 17, 19, 29.
4) It’s advisable that prices of material should be in decimal points like 198.25, 500.60 etc.
5) Use all possible text fields in header as well as item fields. Ex. – In commercial invoice test case use all text field like LR No., Delivery instructions etc.
6) Use all possible condition types available in pricing procedure like freight, discount, surcharge, forwarding charges, commission etc.
7) Before preparing test case, please ensure customer master or vendor master should be perfect with all possible entries. Ex. – address in customer master i.e. street 1, street 2, street 3, postal code, email, contact person etc.
8) Try to use CAPITAL LETTERS while providing remarks.
9) For conditional testing, prepare test cases for all kind of possible events.
10) Whenever required incorporate advanced functionality like batch-split, serial number in test cases to explore all kind of possible variations.
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May God Bless All of You & All The best for your future 🙂 🙂 .
Regards,
Balaji
Hi Balaji,
Very much appreciated.Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks Khushi,
I got very few appreciation for this blog. 🙂 🙂
Happy to see your comments.
Hi Balaji, As you have right said, an important but neglected skill...thanks for sharing...keep up the good work.
Best Regards
Govind
Hi Balaji,
Thanks for the blog. Its really useful.
Best Regards
Bhushan Dhande
Dear Balaji
Its useful one. I have a small doubt at point 3. Why this and what is the logic behind this. And at point 8 why you advised to use capital letters only?
Regrads
Rajneesh
Balaji,
Nice blog! Thanks!
Same question as Rajneesh Saxena
in why use capital letter, point 8?
TW
Capital letters just for better understanding.
When you use capital letters, its crystal clear. No confusion. Thats it. 🙂 🙂
Very informative and will surely help SAP consultants to do their jobs better and in more efficient way if we follow these points very minutely.
Thanks Anjan.
Hi Balaji,
Nice document. Thanks for sharing.
These points are indeed important to be followed.
I have some doubts if you or anyone can reply on.
Point 1 : Why should we have a test case with more than 10 line items? Purpose?
Point 2 : What is the significance of using different materials? Any specific reason?
Point 3 : What is the purpose of using odd numbers? what if we use "even" numbers?
Point 5 : ???
Point 7 : Why should we maintain all the fields which are not to be added in report?
Point 9 : ??
Can anyone please help to understand the above queries?