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Academy · SAP Test Management & TCoE · 400 Expert

Test Data and Test Environments as a Service for SAP: Environment Catalog, Refresh Calendar, Data Provisioning and Privacy

Data and environments are where SAP testing loses the most time. This course designs them as TCoE services with the Basis, integration and security teams: an environment catalog with booking rules, a refresh calendar and post-copy runbook aligned to releases, data provisioning through golden data, recipes and bespoke requests, privacy controls for copies, masking and synthetic data, connected systems that never reach real partners, and the service levels and readiness notes that prove the services work.

  • 73 minutes
  • 7 lessons + quiz
  • Test Lead / Test Manager, Basis / Platform Administrator, Data Migration Specialist, Security & GRC Specialist
Start the course
  1. 01Why data and environments need a service model9 min
  2. 02The environment catalog10 min
  3. 03The refresh calendar with Basis10 min
  4. 04Data provisioning services9 min
  5. 05Privacy and masking10 min
  6. 06Connected systems in shared test environments9 min
  7. 07Service levels and metrics16 min
  8. QZCourse quiz12 questions

What you’ll be able to do

  • Build an SAP test environment catalog with purpose, owner, refresh cycle and booking rules
  • Agree a refresh and system-copy calendar with Basis aligned to releases and projects
  • Define test data provisioning services and service levels
  • Choose between production copies, subsets, masking and synthetic data under GDPR
  • Handle integrations and connected systems in shared test environments
  • Measure environment availability and data request lead times

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