01 · The challenge
Manual testing that held up every release
Regression testing took significant hours every time SAP was updated or a change was transported across the landscape. End-to-end tests had to be run by hand across six or more SAP modules before any change could be promoted, which created a release bottleneck. Test scripts ranged from 4 to 115 steps, and many critical scenarios needed 40 to 70 sequential steps across modules. Manual execution was slow, error-prone and hard to scale, so teams had to choose between thorough testing and release speed.
02 · The approach
A phased program that mirrors real users
TSP designed a phased test automation program in UiPath. The automated scripts follow the exact steps a user takes in the SAP GUI, so they validate processes the same way a manual walkthrough would.
What TSP delivered
Phase 1
18 core sales and distribution scripts.
Phase 2
65 more scripts across FI, MM, TM, CO and WM.
20+ business processes
From order to cash and procure to pay to the fixed asset lifecycle, freight optimization and carrier collaboration.
Built to extend
A framework the cooperative can grow with new modules and scenarios as its SAP landscape changes.
03 · The results
15 hours back every test cycle
- 75% less test execution time, from about 20 hours to about 5 per cycle
- Automated coverage expanded 4.6x, from 18 scripts to 83 across six SAP modules
- 15 hours recovered per test cycle, with returns on every regression, upgrade and transport run
- Phase 2 complete, with the framework ready to extend
