Load Testing SAP Applications

You use SAP in Web mode!

You use software from SAP, the market leader in ERP solutions, to provide an out-of-the-box solution to your business problems. You've also noticed that introducing a new business function, adding a group of users within your company or even upgrading to a more recent version all create potentially unstable situations. Before implementing these actions, you need to ensure that your application will maintain its quality of service.

To simplify the software's deployment within the company, and thus maximize your business chain’s profitability, you have decided to deploy the SAP software in Web mode. This often-used deployment method uses the technological building blocks that are part of the SAP Web Application Server (WAS), such as BSP’s, XML exchanges or the SSL and X509 security systems.

But can you test your SAP Web applications?

In executing your business transactions on the Web interface, through integration with the powerful SAP engine, the SAP WAS system creates a highly complex dialog between the client machine and the server.

This complexity is not visible to the user or those in charge of deployment, but it is an important factor when it comes to middleware.

Your load testing tool's ability to take into account the specific nature of this rich and complex dialog is an essential pre-requisite for performance testing. The tool must be capable of automatically and natively handling SAP Web Application Server (WAS) in order to efficiently build scripts that cover all your test cases.

Without fully compliant SAP WAS support, you cannot carry out the full range of tests and run the risk of deploying an application whose behavior under load has not been validated properly - with possibly damaging consequences. These could include slow-downs for users, or even blocked access for some users in high load periods, putting in jeopardy not only the success of the project, but also the company’s entire economic foundations, due to the critical importance of its business services.

NeoLoad is ready!

Use SAP Web with total peace of mind … NeoLoad is ready!

Rapidly deploy SAP within your company with SAP Web, add business functions with a faster time to market and update to new versions according to the recommended schedule… No more stress! With NeoLoad’s exclusive “Smart Record for Business Solutions" module, testing all your SAP Web applications is really easy (more technical details).

Monitoring

During a test, NeoLoad collects information on the server infrastructure via its monitoring modules to pinpoint the causes of performance issues. Like all our other monitoring modules, the SAP NetWeaver’s design, based on industry standards, allows monitoring to be carried out remotely and non-intrusively.

Likewise, this module is shipped preconfigured with the appropriate performance counters for SAP NetWeaver Application Server. NeoLoad provides values for alert thresholds -derived from industry best practices- to trigger relevant alerts.

Discover the SAP NetWeaver Monitor.

“Make sure it works!”

Thanks to NeoLoad, you can create scenarios to test your SAP applications' behavior under stress and validate their performances, while pinpointing any weaknesses.

Load testing your applications with NeoLoad means you can enter the production phase with peace of mind and at a reasonable cost.

Furthermore, NeoLoad allows you to monitor SAP NetWeaver Application Server during load tests, resulting in a speedier diagnosis of performance slowdowns.

Testing Services

Neotys Consultants: experts in SAP load testing

All our consultants here at Neotys are experts in the field of load testing, optimizing SAP Web applications.

We offer a wide range of services from training to performance testing and auditing. We can even complete full infrastructure optimization with your team.

Contact us for further information.

SAP Testing Technical Details

Smart Record for Business Solution (SAP) is an exclusive NeoLoad function that makes it easier to manage a business framework, using a system based on a set of rules designed specifically for SAP WAS. Using this function, NeoLoad can recognize the type of dialog passing between the client machine and the server and adapt to it automatically.

An extensive number of dedicated wizards are provided to simplify the variabilization of your test scenarios, so you won’t need to do it manually. Thanks to the Smart Record for Business Solutions function, your tests can be carried out more quickly and at less cost to you. By testing further upstream and with more test cases, you’re guaranteed that your application will work once in production.

Furthermore, NeoLoad allows you to monitor SAP NetWeaver Application Server during load tests, resulting in a speedier diagnosis of performance slowdowns.

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