Test Developer Authorizations

Use

This document summarizes the authorization settings required for a developer of automated tests based on eCATT. The authorizations are categorized by system:

The Test Content System acts as the central point in the test system landscape, holds the test object repository and starts the test scripts.
The System Under Test provides the business application and its services to be tested.

eCATT Authorizations in the Test Content System

The required authorizations for Test Developers are summed up in the role SAP_ECAT as a template for customer authorization implementation.

In order to develop eCATT objects, users will require authorizations containing the following values:

Authorization Object	Field	Value	Description
S_TCODE	TCD	SECATT	Start the eCATT Editor
		SECATT_LOG	Start the eCATT Log Selection
		STPFE	Start the Foreground Scheduler
		STPFE_CONFIG	Open the Settings for the Foreground Scheduler
		STWB_1	Start the Test Catalog Management (Test Organizer)
		STWB_2	Start Test Plan Management (Test Organizer)
		STWB_WORK	Open the Tester Worklist (Test Organizer)
S_ECATT (or S_DEVELOP as an alternative for backward compatibility)	OBJTYPE	ECSC	Test Script
		ECTC	Test Configuration
		ECSD	System Data Container
		ECTD	Test Data Container
		ECSP	Start Profile
		ECVO	Validation Object
	ACTVT	01	Create
		02	Change
		03	Display
		06	Delete
		16	Execute
	DEVCLASS	Any values, for example, Y, Z for any package in the customer namespace	Package, which the required objects are organized in
	OBJNAME	Any values, for example Y, Z for any package in the customer namespace	Names of the required objects

eCATT Authorizations in System Under Test

The required authorizations for Test Developers in System Under Test are summed up in the role SAP_BC_ECATT_TEST_DEVELOPER as a template for customer authorization implementation.

Authorization Object	Field	Value	Description
S_DEVELOP	OBJTYPE	ECSC	Object Type
ACTVT	16	Execute
OBJNAME	*	Object Name

Authorization Object

Field

Value

Description

S_DEVELOP

OBJTYPE

ECSC

Object Type

ACTVT

Execute

OBJNAME

Object Name

If the test configurations being used by testers require access to remote systems, the tester must have the RFC authorization in the remote system:

Authorization Object	Field	Value	Description
S_RFC	RFC_TYPE	FUGR	Function group
	RFC_TYPE	FUNC	Function module
	ACTVT	16	Execute
	RFC_NAME		See role SAP_BC_ECATT_TEST_DEVELOPER