New Variant Maintenance Wizard

Use

As of SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EHP2 SP11, there is a new variant maintenance wizard for test data in addition to the conventional procedure for test data variant maintenance. This new wizard is displayed by default and leads you step by step through the variant maintenance process. The next section describes how to switch between the variant maintenance wizards.

Integration

The new variant maintenance wizard appears at the same place as the conventional wizard was used. To open the new wizard, select the Variants tab in the test configuration editor, and, as before, choose either the wizard icon or the option Start of the navigation pathGoto Next navigation step Variant Maintenance WizardEnd of the navigation path.

If you want to reactivate the conventional wizard, choose Start of the navigation pathUtilities Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step eCATT Next navigation step Extended Next navigation step Classic WizardEnd of the navigation path.

The assignment statistics for the test configuration are displayed on the initial screen. The following information is displayed:

  • Current test configuration and its description

  • Number of assigned test data containers

  • Total number of test configuration parameters and how many of these have been assigned to test data.

  • Total number of test configuration variants and how many of these have been assigned to test data containers.

  • Overview of assigned test data containers with name, description, how many variants the test data container contains, and how many of these are used in the test configuration.

Activities

To assign test data variants to a test configuration using the new variant maintenance wizard, you must perform the following steps:

  1. Select test data containers

  2. Assign parameters

  3. Select variants

    This step is only performed if multiple TDCs are available for variant selection.

  4. Assign variants and display results