Test Automation Concepts for SAP

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• Automate known, repeatable, machine-checkable checks; keep judgment, exploration and acceptance with people.
• Pyramid: most checks in ABAP Unit and BTP unit tests, more in service/API tests, few end-to-end UI flows.
• Push each check as low as it can go; add a lower test whenever a higher one finds something new.
• Plan for mixed UI technology, unstable IDs, data consumption, drift, roles and asynchronous steps.
• Select by frequency, stability, determinism, business risk; confirm data and feasibility with a spike.
• Wait for a state with a timeout, never a fixed time.
• Cost = build + maintain + run + triage + skills. Maintenance usually dominates in SAP.
• Treat flaky tests as defects; never hide them with silent reruns.
• Report risk coverage, cycle time, defects caught and maintenance ratio, not test count.