Business Objects

A Business Object is a configuration in Int4 Suite that is used at the Automation Object level to create SAP transactional or master documents such as Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Deliveries, and Material Masters as test cases based on reference business objects.

For example, it can take a production Sales Order and create a test case in Int4 Suite that allows you to create the same Sales Order in the test or quality environment in a repeatable way.

It defines a set of parameters, connections, and corresponding transformations to allow five basic actions for the Business Object:

• Get list of Business Objects – generates a list of document numbers. A document number can represent a document like a Sales Order or an object like a Material.

• Create Input – generates an input message that can be used to create a new Business Object via a call to the test system (Execute action).

• Create Reference Output – generates a reference output representing the Business Object in the reference source system.

• Execute – calls the test system with input data to create or change the Business Object.

• Create Result Output – fetches data related to the newly created test Business Object to compare it with the reference output from the reference source system.

Each of these actions is represented by a list of connections. Connections are executed in order. Each connection defines a Connector Type and its parameters, along with two transformations — one executed before and one after the connector call. This allows separation of data sources for each of the actions, enabling test execution to be separated from test data collection. Transformations are used to guarantee a unified way of communication between connector-specific logic and Int4 Suite Automation Objects and Test Cases.