mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing

Chapter 9. Determining a Suitable Test Mix

Finally, we are in a position to give attention to one of the core matters surrounding testing and tuning: determining a suitable stress-test business process or other “input data” test mix. After all, it is the mix of activities, transactions, and processes executed under your guidance that ultimately simulates your financials' month-end close or helps you understand the load borne by your SAP customer-facing systems during the holidays or other seasonal peaks. And it's the test mix that brings together master data, transactional data, customer-specific data, and other input necessary to fuel a business process from beginning to end. You've certainly heard the phrase “garbage in, garbage out.” It applies ...