After an SAP S/4HANA Cloud release upgrade, customers need to understand the changes and ensure their business processes continue to function correctly. SAP provides specific tools for these maintenance activities. The What's New Viewer Tool details all new, changed, and deprecated functionalities in the new release, enabling customers to assess the impact and plan for adoption. The Test Automation Tool is crucial for post-upgrade maintenance as it allows customers to execute automated regression tests on their core business processes. This ensures that existing functionalities are not negatively affected by the upgrade, thereby maintaining system stability and business continuity.

A. SAP Signavio Process Navigator Tool: This tool is used primarily during the Discover and Prepare phases to explore and understand standard SAP business processes, not for post-upgrade maintenance tasks.

D. Release Assessment and Scope Dependency Tool: This tool is used before an upgrade to provide an early assessment of the potential impact of a future release on activated scope items, aiding in planning rather than post-upgrade maintenance.

1. SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Test Automation Tool Documentation: "The Test Automation Tool for SAP S/4HANA Cloud helps customers to automate regression tests for their business processes... It is especially useful to verify the system after an upgrade or during the implementation of a new scope."

Source: SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

"Test Automation Tool".

2. SAP S/4HANA Cloud

What's New Viewer Documentation: "The What's New Viewer provides a convenient way to see what's new

changed

and deprecated in a given SAP S/4HANA Cloud release. It helps you to understand the changes and prepare for the adoption of new functionalities."

Source: SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

"What's New Viewer".

3. SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition Roadmap: The roadmap details the upgrade process. In the "Run" phase

post-upgrade activities explicitly include "Execute Regression Tests" (using the Test Automation Tool) and "Review Release Notes" (using the What's New Viewer). The "Release Assessment and Scope Dependency" tool is listed as a task in the "Prepare" phase

well before the upgrade execution.

Source: SAP Roadmap Viewer

SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition

"Run" Phase deliverables.