1. white paper use with SAP
Micro Focus Silk for ®
Data sheet
Comprehensive test automation for sap® micro focus silk for use with sap® comprises a set
appliCations of integrated modules that provide application lifecycle
support for SAP applications, as well as all other
SAP® applications deliver substantial value to industry requirements for testing in a heterogeneous
enterprises worldwide. The business-critical nature world.
of SAP deployments puts quality concerns firmly on
the CIO’s agenda and testing is seen as a major cost silkCentral test manager for use With sap®
in deploying SAP. As applications get more complex
along their lifecycle – around 25% of the applications SilkCentral® Test Manager™ is the test management
change within a single year – the ongoing modifications, engine of the SAP® Solution Manager and drives quality
customizations and rollout of service packs demands a at every stage of application delivery. SilkCentral
rigorous approach to testing. What is needed is a highly ensures quality from the start with highly collaborative
automated process covering all aspects from blueprint requirements driven testing capabilities, and provides
changes – reflecting changes in requirements – testing continuous visibility over quality activities and methods.
and managing incidents, and one which incorporates Its openness, flexibility and powerful traceability make
reports and dashboards to provide visibility of the it the preferred solution for agile or traditional delivery
overall processes. approaches inside the SAP world.
Features and Benefits
requirements driven SilkCentral can continuously synchronize test plans and requirements
testing
risk based testing The advanced risk model and reporting system aligns testing with business
risk to optimize risk mitigation under resource constraints
Automated configuration SilkCentral reduces the cost of test planning and execution in environments
testing with large numbers of configurations to test
flexible and open Easy management of tests and test results from existing test frameworks and
integration interfaces tools provides comprehensive views of quality
automatic test registration SAP development and other types of tests can be managed and tracked
through automatic registration of tests and results
Code coverage for Java and Increased management insight into the effectiveness and coverage of
.net applications different forms of testing (SAP Netweaver®, .NET Connectors)
video results for all types SilkCentral results videos that give stakeholders a view of what happened
of testing during tests increases the efficiency and throughput of test results processing
Dynamic hardware Productivity, and test throughput and accuracy are increased by automating
provisioning and load the setup of the SAP applications under test environment
resource management
remote manual testing SilkCentral provides control and visibility over offshore or geographically
visibility dispersed manual testing with scalable off-line manual test clients

2. Data sheet | Micro Focus Silk for use with SAP®
outbound / inbound Outbound interface: transfer of business processes, business requirements,
interface test objects and incidents to SilkCentral. Inbound interface: transfer of
defects and test results from SilkCentral to SAP Solution Manager
e2e integration through Enablement of end-to-end integration testing based on business processes
sap® solman integration and business requirements. Efficient collaboration between solution
hub implementation and change management supported by SAP Solution Manager
and test management realized within SilkCentral
proCess floW With sap® solution manager anD miCro foCus silk
silkCentral integration hub for use With Requirements can be converted into Test Cases in a
sap® solution manager Test Plan
SilkCentral Integration Hub connects application Test Case execution in SilkTest for use with SAP
lifecycle management capabilities of SAP Solution
Manager with all test planning and test execution Test Results are updated and in sync with SAP
capabilities: Solution Manager
Business Process from Business Blueprint into
requirements in SilkCentral

3. Data sheet | Micro Focus Silk for use with SAP®
silktest® for use With sap® early in development lifecycles. Collaboration is
promoted by user interfaces designed for business
automated regression and functional software analysts, test automation engineers and developers.
testing Different stakeholders participate in creating powerful
test automation that enables a continuous quality
SilkTest for use with SAP® creates powerful, robust assurance approach and reduces the costs of assuring
and fast test automation identifying quality problems high quality applications for SAP.
Features and Benefits
sap gui Special native UI for SAP client access
sap netWeaver® Webui HTTP/HTML/JavaScript/AJAX-based Web UI for SAP client access
Full test automation (functional AND performance)
Outstanding support in Silk for AJAX-based Web UI
role based scripting user Test automation user interfaces that are natural for the user enables
interfaces stakeholders to participate in ensuring the continuous validation of the
application
industry leading Web 2.0 Mastering the automation of complex Web 2.0 applications increases testing
support and decreases testing costs for critical new applications

4. Data sheet | Micro Focus Silk for use with SAP®
Creates robust test assets Advanced dynamic object recognition and synchronization delivers test scripts
that are simpler, more reliable and less costly to maintain
fastest test execution With fast, efficient replay technology SilkTest increases quality and finds
defects early by testing more during continuous integration test cycles
Cross browser support Test scripts can be written once and run against many browsers and operating
system combinations, cutting the effort and cost of browser configuration
testing
silk4J SilkTest’s powerful plug-in for Eclipse testing decreases testing costs for
critical new applications. Testing SAP Netweaver®/ J2EE components directly
out of Eclipse IDE
silk4.net SilkTest’s powerful plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio. Testing .Net Windows
and Web form applications that have access to SAP business objects
silkperformer® for use With sap® peak demand loads and isolate performance bottlenecks
to be created rapidly. SilkPerformer for use with SAP®
software application performance testing also helps create powerful, realistic load tests for
thousands of users running business scenarios across
SilkPerformer® for use with SAP® is a cost-effective, a broad range of enterprise application environments,
enterprise-class performance testing solution for including Web 2.0, to find, diagnose and fix performance
optimizing the performance of SAP business applications. problems. SilkPerformer® CloudBurst™ and Diagnostics
It enables performance tests that accurately simulate are value-added components of SilkPerformer for use
with SAP.
Features and Benefits
industry leading Web 2.0 SilkPerformer is the world leader in terms of ensuring the performance of all
support major Web 2.0 environments like Adobe’s Flash/Flex, Microsoft Silverlight, and
HTML/AJAX
hybrid load testing model Because it has the flexibility to be used on premise or in the cloud
SilkPerfomer is the only product that enables load testing of internal or
external applications from one familiar load testing solution
integrated performance SilkPerformer’s integrated root cause diagnosis capabilities find performance
diagnosis and scalability problems after just one load test accelerating problem
resolution and increasing the throughput of test centers
test peak demand loads SilkPerformer leads in the ability to simulate large number of users whether it
is used from on premise or when leveraging the cloud
virtual user price The cloud-based load generation means that users pay for what is used
protection whether the application scales to meet peak loads or fails to scale
advanced Diagnostics Based on proven technology from dynaTrace, SilkPerformer Diagnostics
extends SilkPerformer’s capabilities by pinpointing the root cause of
performance, stability, and scalability problems in application code. With
SilkPerformer Diagnostics, quality and development personnel collaborate
to proactively resolve performance issues and deliver high performance
applications
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