Rising to the Challenge: RISE with SAP Automation with UiPath

Businesses are continually improving their organizational processes and systems, seeking new levels of efficiency and innovation and UiPath automation technology plays a key role in this quest for advancement. This is especially true with the RISE with SAP program, which is an accelerated path to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. RISE with SAP is becoming a popular choice with businesses because it includes the benefits of an AI-powered Cloud ERP, automated business processes and continuous innovations run in a secure infrastructure managed by SAP.

As with any ERP implementation or upgrade, testing plays a crucial role with the RISE with SAP program. UiPath automation technology can help ensure business requirements have been successfully integrated and configured in the new SAP system in an efficient way while reducing the burden that often falls on IT and business testers. UiPath automation technology can help effectively manage the following testing challenges:

1. Complexity: End-to-end business processes can be intricate, making it challenging to draft comprehensive test scripts.
2. Lack of expertise: Creating thorough test scripts requires both functional and technical know-how, which can be challenging given the resource constraints that typically come with ERP software implementations and upgrades.
3. Keeping up with evolution: It is common for business processes to evolve during software implementations and upgrades. This requires continuous and timely updates to existing test scripts.
4. Integration testing: Connecting various third-party systems (cloud and on-prem) with S/4HANA private cloud, and thoroughly testing those integrations, becomes critical.
5. Time constraints: Time is limited during implementations, leading many programs to cut down on testing thereby risking inadequate coverage of complete business requirements.
6. Controls and compliance: Often these areas are not given enough attention and are underrepresented during testing phases.
7. RISE upgrades: With RISE introducing more frequent updates, regular regression testing plays a pivotal role in staying ahead of potential impacts to the business.

Several testing phases are required during a RISE with SAP implementation along with the larger IT ecosystem, including unit testing, system integration, user acceptance testing and performance testing. Given that RISE involves more frequent system upgrades than previous SAP versions and has more touchpoints across the IT landscape, continuous regression testing becomes more important now than ever.

Creating a test plan and execution strategy

Creating comprehensive test scripts for end-to-end processes is integral to thorough and continuous testing practices. These scripts need to be prioritized and tracked effectively to provide timely reporting on results. This allows for clear updates to project leadership and ensures that entry and exit criteria for each testing phase can be easily verified. Given the complexities involved in implementing ERP solutions, failure to address these challenges often leads to inadequate quality control, missed business requirements, excessive hypercare defects and poor user adoption after go-live.

However, there’s good news on the horizon. A robust enterprise testing solution like UiPath’s Test Suite can effectively address many of these challenges. Known for its advanced features such as requirements traceability, test planning and manual testing among others, Test Suite integrates seamlessly with various ALM tools including SAP Solution Manager and Cloud ALM.

UiPath’s ability to automate any user interface (UI) or application programming interface (API) technology sets it apart from other application testing tools. It eliminates the need for multiple solutions across testing and automation teams. Furthermore, code developed to test SAP functions can be easily repurposed to automate corresponding business processes. UiPath is a Premium Certified SAP endorsed app, putting it in an optimal position as an effective solution for SAP automation.

The recently released UiPath Autopilot for Test Suite is a game-changer for test definition, development and analysis. This innovative tool leverages the power of AI to generate test cases from plain language process descriptions and user stories. Partnered with UiPath’s Object Repository, this creates workflows for automated application testing. Finally, Autopilot can be used to analyze the results of test executions, providing valuable insights on test coverage, common errors and error density. These insights make it easier to allocate time efficiently to tackle problem areas or areas with low test coverage. The features offered by UiPath Autopilot for Test Suite can help optimize every phase of testing during a RISE with SAP journey. This video illustrates the features.

RISE with SAP isn’t just about moving upwards but doing it efficiently without compromising quality or control. UiPath automation for SAP presents promising opportunities for businesses aiming to achieve new efficiencies through automation while staying compliant within industry specific regulations.

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