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Academy · Data Migration · 300 Professional

Verifying an SAP System Consolidation: Reconciliation, Regression and Sign-Off

How to prove that an SAP consolidation, merger or carve-out worked: nine reconciliation layers including intercompany and negative checks, SAP's validation tools (LTVF, Data Transition Validation and Central Finance comparison reports) and their limits, data-driven regression across merged org units with ACCELQ as the worked automation layer, positive and negative carve-out tests with SoD analysis and access cutoff, interface and volume tests at merged volume, and mock cycles, the dress rehearsal, the evidence pack and hypercare. Follows Contoso's Wave 2 load of Alternadores del Norte as company code 1910, plus a Toledo carve-out what-if.

  • 55 minutes
  • 6 lessons + quiz
  • Test Lead / Test Manager, Data Migration Specialist, Test Automation Engineer, Process Owner
Start the course
  1. 01Reconciliation layers for a consolidation8 min
  2. 02SAP validation tools: LTVF, DTV and Central Finance comparison reports9 min
  3. 03Regression across merged org units11 min
  4. 04Carve-out tests, SoD and access cutoff9 min
  5. 05Interfaces and performance at merged volume10 min
  6. 06Mock cycles, dress rehearsal, the evidence pack and hypercare8 min
  7. QZCourse quiz12 questions

What you’ll be able to do

  • Design a layered reconciliation plan for a consolidation, including untouched company codes and intercompany
  • Choose SAP's validation tools (LTVF, DTV, Central Finance comparison reports) for the kind of move and know their limits
  • Build data-driven regression across merged org units with baseline and rerun around each mock
  • Prove separation with positive and negative tests, SoD analysis and access cutoff evidence
  • Test rewired interfaces and job performance at merged volume
  • Run mock cycles and the dress rehearsal, assemble the evidence pack and set hypercare exit criteria

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