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Use

For up-to-date information, see SAP Note 519858.

An external tool must be:

  • Certified against the BC-eCATT interface. Certification should cover the target release as well as the user interface to be tested.

  • Installed on the front-end machine that you run the tests on.

  • Registered on the backend system that eCATT runs on. This is usually done by the system administrator. For registering, maintain the customizing table ECCUST_ET. You can maintain the table manually or add entries using the function module SET_EXTERNAL_TOOL from transaction SE37. You should provide the following information:

    • A working name for the tool

    • The PROG_ID of the test tool's certified interface (this is case-sensitive)

    • A description of the tool

    • The local database of the tool, if it has one

  • The external tool requires a service user in order to communicate with eCATT. To do this, run the program ECATT_GENERATE_ET_USER from transaction SE38.

If you have not started the external tool from within eCATT, you need the role SAP_ECET in your user profile to be able to save and load test scripts to and from eCATT.