Together, SAP Solution Manager and the SAP Quality Center by HP cover the complete testing process from requirements gathering to test case definitions and reporting. By integrating the two, you can seamlessly transfer requirements from your Business Blueprint — including specifications, business test requirements, and test objects (e.g., transactions, implementation guide activities, or custom programs) — to be tested in SAP Quality Center with a click of a button.

Quality assurance teams and quality managers use the information transferred to SAP Quality Center to create test plans and centrally manage test cases. Once the test cases are complete in the SAP Quality Center, they can transfer the test results back to the SAP Solution Manager project. The project now contains all the necessary information and test results that your company’s project managers need. Project managers have better control over testing processes and an improved ability to reuse critical information to support future application management projects, such as upgrades or continuous business-improvement projects. For an example of the integration, see Figure 1.

Figure 1

Integration process flow

In this article, I’ll show you the steps to set up the SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center, and provide you with best practices to follow along the way.

Before You Begin

The following are the configuration prerequisites you must have in place before performing the steps in this article:

• SAP Solution Manager 7.0 with SAP enhancement package 1 or later
• SAP Quality Center by HP 9.2 SP20, 10 SP04, or later
• HP Enterprise Integration module 2.50 or 2.1
• SAP Solution Manager Adapter ST-QCA 100: Add-On

The SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center requires SAP Solution Manager 7.0, enhancement package 1, with a double-stack system (i.e., SAP NetWeaver Application Server (SAP NetWeaver AS) ABAP and Java in one SAP system). You should run SAP Solution Manager on Unicode. SAP recommends that companies migrate SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP to Unicode if they have upgraded from previous releases of SAP Solution Manager 7.0 and are not yet on Unicode.

You also need to have certain software components in SAP Solution Manager installed. To check the ABAP Stack, follow menu path Menu > System Status. Figure 2 shows the installed ABAP component information in SAP Solution Manager. You are required to have the following installed (note that they are not all shown in Figure 2):

• BI Content 703 SP08 
• ST 400 SP16
• ST-SER 700_2008_1 SP04
• ST-A/PI 01J_CRM500
• SAP NetWeaver BW SP16
• Internet Graphics Service 7.00 patch 10
• PI Basis 2005_1_700 SP16

Figure 2

ABAP component information for SAP Solution Manager 7.0

For the Java stack, you must check if the proper components are installed. To check these Java components, go to https://<ServerName:<port>/sap/monitoring/ComponentInfo. Log in as J2EE_ADMIN or as a user that has an SAP_J2EE_ADMIN role. You will see a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3

Java component information for SAP Solution Manager 7.0

Note that you should be mindful of the Support Package release levels. Do not mix different versions. The ABAP and Java stack must be on the same release — if they aren’t, some functions in SAP Solution Manager won’t work properly.

Before configuring SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center, you need to complete certain IMG activities for SAP Solution Manager in transaction SPRO. The Basis team should have already performed these steps, but you can find these activities by following menu path SAP Solution Manager > Configuration > Basic Settings > Wizard-based Initial Configuration of Basic Settings > Solution Manager > General Configuration.

To install and configure SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center, you or the Basis team must perform the following steps in SAP Solution Manager and SAP Quality Center. It is beyond the scope of this article to describe each one in detail, but here is the list:

• Install SAP Solution Manager Adapter ST-QCA 100: Add-On
• Activate SAP Quality Center by HP enhancements in SAP Solution Manager
• Install HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50
• Maintain profile parameters
• Specify logical port
• Set up the communication user for the SAP Quality Center
• Set up the technical user for the Web service
• Create the technical user for alias
• Release the Web service for test results
• Activate the Web service and create alias
• Activate the service to display SAP Solution Manager documents in the SAP Quality Center
• Connect to SAP Quality Center

• Set up batch jobs

Install the Adapter

To install the SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center, you have to download the SAP Solution Manager Extension Add-On ST-QCA from the SAP Service Marketplace. Go to https://service.sap.com/swdc and follow menu path Download > SAP Installations and Upgrades > Installations and Upgrades - Entry by Application Group > SAP Technology Components> SAP ADAPTER FOR QUALITY CENTER > SAP ADAPTER FOR QC 1.0 > Installation > ST-QCA 100: Add-On Installation > download object SAPKITLEBA.SAR.

Next, you must extract ST-QCA 100: Add-On Installation object KITLEBA.SAR into the file directory EPS/in of the SAP Solution Manager instance. Extract the file at the OS level or from the front-end SAP GUI. In this example, I use the front-end SAP GUI to move ST-QCA 100: Add-On installation files into EPS/in.

Next, log into SAP Solution Manager instance client 000 with administrator user access. Once you are logged in, run transaction SAINT from the front-end SAP GUI (Figure 4).

Figure 4

Run a transaction from the front-end SAP GUI

This transaction takes you to the add-on installation tool (Figure 5). Load the ST-QCA 100: Add-On Installation object KITLEBA.SAR that you downloaded by following menu path Installation Packages > Load packages > From Front End. Specify the location of KITLEBA.SAR and click the Open button (Figure 6). This brings you to the object content screen (Figure 7). The add-on installation tool extracts and uploads object KITLEBA.SAR through the Remote Function Call (RFC) connection from your workstation and store files ST-QCA 100: Add-On Installation objects in EPE (the directory where the SAP Solution Manager instance is installed). You can upload files CSN0120061532_0028707.ATT and CSN0120061532_0028707.PAT into \tsphl812sapmnttransEPSin by clicking the Decompress button (shown in Figure 7).

Figure 5

Load the installation object

Figure 6

Upload KITLEBA.SAR via the installation tool

Figure 7

Decompress and add the files

Next, begin the installation of SAP Solution Manager Adapter ST-QCA 100: Add-On. Click the Start button (Figure 8).

Figure 8

Start the installation

The add-on installation tool shows you all the available add-ons installed in SAP Solution Manager. Select ST-QCA and click the Continue button (Figure 9).

Figure 9

Click the Continue button after you select ST-QCA

Next, the tool tries to search for any Support Packages that belong to SAP Solution Manager Adapter ST-QCA 100: Add-On. In this case, there are no Support Packages available. Click the Continue button (Figure 10).

Figure 10

The results of a search for Support Packages

I recommend that you read SAP Note 1109650, which is related to the add-on you are about to install, because it contains important information such as conflicts with other add-ons, post install steps, and other issues (Figure 11). After you review the note, click the OK icon and the SAP Solution Manager Adapter ST-QCA 100: Add-On installation begins.

Figure 11

Review the SAP Note or start the installation

Because this is a small add-on, it only takes a few minutes to install. Confirm the installation by clicking the Finish button (Figure 12).

Figure 12

Confirm the add-on

Activate SAP Solution Manager Enhancements

Now that the SAP Solution Manager Adapter ST-QCA 100: Add-On is installed, you need to activate Enterprise Extension SM_QC_AD in the SAP Solution Manager IMG. Enterprise Extensions are a packed functionality; the components are packages that are based on standard SAP Solution Manager and are independent from each other. Note that you cannot deactivate an active SAP Solution Manager component enhancement package because deactivating previously used production functionality can lead to data inconsistencies. You also cannot deactivate enhancements to these structures.

To activate Enterprise Extension SM_QC_AD, run transaction SPRO, follow menu path SAP Solution Manager > Cross-Scenario Settings > Activate Solution Manager Enhancements, and click the execute icon. Once this is set up, open the ENTERPRISE_EXTENSIONS folder, select SM_QC_AD — SAP Solution Manager Adapter for SAP Quality Center by HP, and click Activate Changes (Figure 13).

Figure 13

SM_QC_AD activation

The activation is completed in background job SFW_ACTIVATE_SF0X. You can verify that the job started and finished successfully in transaction SM37 (Figure 14).

Figure 14

SFW_ACTIVATE_SF0X job verification

Install HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50  

HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50 enables you to export SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprints to the SAP Quality Center requirements module. You can then design and run tests in SAP Quality Center based on these requirements and update SAP Solution Manager with their results.

You must install and deploy HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50 on top of the SAP Quality Center. You can download it by navigating to https://<SAP Quality Center Server> :8080/qcbin > Add-ins Page - Quality Center Extensions for SAP: > HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications > Download Enterprise Integration for Windows. Download and save the setup_win.exe file in same server where SAP Quality Center is installed (Figure 15).

Figure 15

Download HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50

Now that the required files are downloaded, log in (with administrator access) where SAP Quality Center is installed and execute HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50 setup_win.exe (Figure 16). The installation wizard process for HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50 begins. Click the Next button to continue with the installation (Figure 17).

Figure 16

HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50 setup

Figure 17

The installation process

Read the license agreement. To accept the terms of the license agreement, select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” and then click the Next button again. In the next screen, specify the directory where you want to install HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications (Figure 18). You can navigate to the directory by clicking the Browse button. In this example, SAP Quality Center is installed under D:HP Quality Center 10Quality Process for SAP Applications, so the HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications should go there.

Figure 18

Specify a folder for the installation

Next, specify the path where SAP Quality Center is installed (in this case, D:HP Quality Center 10repository) and click the Next button (Figure 19). In the next screen, select Enterprise Integration 2.50 and click the Next button (Figure 20).

Figure 19

Specify the SAP Quality Center repository folder

Figure 20

Select Enterprise Integration 2.50

In the next screen, you can review and confirm that the settings are correct (Figure 21). (To make any changes, click the Back button.) This time, when you click the Next button, the installation process starts.

Figure 21

Confirm your settings and proceed with installation

In the next step, you have two options for updating the SAP Quality Center application server (Figure 22). Update now deploys the HP Enterprise Integration module for SAP applications 2.50. If you select Update later, the installation process is finished but you cannot run the program until you update the server. When you are ready to update the server later, you must run the deploy.bat script (or deploy.sh for Solaris or Linux) from the <Enterprise Integration installation> directory (D:HP Quality Center 10Quality Process for SAP Applicationsdeploy.bat in this case; this can differ depending on your particular system). When running the batch file, specify the SAP Quality Center installation directory and the location of the SAP Quality Center repository — for example, I deployed D:HP Quality Center 10 and D:HP Quality Center 10repository. I recommend that you select Update now.

For this example, I’m going to finish the installation process by selecting Update now and clicking the Next button. In the confirmation screen, click the Finish button to close the installation wizard.

Figure 22

Select an update option

Labinot Bytyqi

Labinot Bytyqi graduated with a degree in computer science and business management and a minor in economics from George Fox University in 2005. Currently, he is pursuing a master’s degree in information technology management. Labinot joined SAP in 2007 as a technical consultant with more than eight years of information technology experience and SAP consulting, particularly in the application lifecycle management area, where he was a lead for an SAP Solution Manager and extensions practice in the West region. Labinot currently is responsible for field services software sales portfolio business development and strategy, as well as for SAP Extended Diagnostics by CA Wily.

You may contact the author at labinot.bytyqi@sap.com.

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