Test data management: Gold Client ensures efficiency and security in the SAP environment
In the course of digitalization, many companies are in a phase of change. In many places, new systems are being set up. The upcoming transition to SAP S/4 HANA is causing concern for many companies, especially when it comes to planning and preparing for the migration. However, these new systems must be tested before they go live. In order to obtain realistic results, reduce manual effort and not endanger the security of the data, test data management must meet certain requirements. What these requirements are and what matters especially in the SAP environment is described in this article.
Test data management comes with numerous challenges
Will the company be operational after the productive launch of the new software? Are all processes running smoothly? Can all relevant data be migrated and reused without problems?
Companies can only answer important questions of this kind if they thoroughly test new systems and features. For this purpose, they need test data. Handling this process entirely manually, such as using separate databases or Excel spreadsheets, is not recommended due to the significant amount of effort involved. Many test managers therefore resort to automatically generated, fictitious test data sets. But these can falsify the result. Moreover, it does not answer the question of how the new system would work with the real data. So the only thing left is to use real data. However, the GDPR and data security pose a challenge for companies at this point.
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