Required opinion on SV feasibility for the below scenario

[Chengadir P]

​Hi All,

We have a system goes through a following process

 

Order is placed in a front end system>>prepare system delivery file>>send file to onsite via mail>> they will run the job and process it in SAP PI>>IDOC>>SAP-ECC>>updated in EER,EIP Database and we get a idoc number through mail.

 

Constrain :
The constrain here after placing an order in the system and sending a delivery file we need to wait a day or 2 to get idoc.

 

Is this is a good candidate to virtualized ? As the file processing is done by another system (SAP)

 

Is any of you have handled or come across any such scenario can you help us on this ?

Regards,
Chengadir

[Danny Saro]

Hi Chengadir,

 

First question is always, what is the System Under Test (SUT)? I assume, in this case, it is purely the Front End System and its processing? Meaning that most likely testcase success or failure depends on the content of the delivery file, and it needs to be validated that it is correct. But, you do not care about SAP processing, meaning you don't care about this chain 'SAP PI>>IDOC>>SAP-ECC>>updated in EER,EIP Database'. If so, then yes it is a good candidate to be virtualized.

 

Next question will be, is it possible? Because sending and receiving mails as a virtual service is not an OOTB feature, so we would need to see how this can be done.

 

We would need to know a little bit of the front-end architecture with regards to this mail communication. What protocol does the front-end use? (presumably SMTP?). Is there a POP-server which is part of your Front End system?

 

In case a POP-server is part of your Front End – or of your SUT- then I know about implementations where a DevTest test would simulate a POP2POP communication and would pull the stored emails of the SUT's POP and process them, sending result emails back to the SUT's POP. This testcase would be scheduled inside CVS to run with whatever frequency you desire.

 

So, not OOTB, and some work would be involved to make it work but it seems to me that the ROI of this solution is big in your case if you can reduce the completion of a testcase from 2 days to 2 minutes.

 

Cheers,

Danny

 

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[Chengadir P]

​Hi Danny,

Thanks for the reply,

First question is always, what is the System Under Test (SUT)? I assume, in this case, it is purely the Front End System and its processing?  - Yes  Frontend is the SUT

Next question will be, is it possible? Because sending and receiving mails as a virtual service is not an OOTB feature, so we would need to see how this can be done. - Yes  as it is Human work no protocols or system involved.


We would need to know a little bit of the front-end architecture with regards to this mail communication. What protocol does the front-end use? (presumably SMTP?). Is there a POP-server which is part of your Front End system? Need to discuss with the team as they don't have any document maintained !!