mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing

6.8. Tools and Approaches

Throughout this chapter, a great number of tools—from free and very simple test utilities to very expensive and full-featured SAP application test suites—have been discussed. Many of these tools are probably new to you or your testing team, though, so I decided it would be helpful to put together Table 6-1, a matrix of sorts that might help you compare and contrast them. I've grouped the tools by SAP Technology Stack layer, left a few blank lines for you to add your own utilities, and included a couple of fields that, while subjective, should still prove valuable. For example, my personal rating system (where an A+ is best-of-breed and a D– is only marginally acceptable) should be viewed as just that—my subjective take ...