S/4HANA Upgrade
The S/4HANA Upgrade project type includes the following steps, panels, advertisements and help topics.
| Step | Panel name | Type | Link | DevOps categories | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare | S/4 HANA Upgrade Analysis | App | SAP HANA Upgrade Analysis | Testing | 
| qTest | Advertisement | qTest | - | |
| Build | Custom Code Quality | App | Code Watch | Development | 
| Retrofit by Date | App | Retrofit Date Analysis | Development, Operations | |
| Retrofit by Transports | App | Retrofit Transports Analysis | Development, Operations | |
| Test | End-of-Sprint Test Selection | App | Smart Impact | Testing | 
| Tosca | Advertisement | Tosca | - | |
| NeoLoad | Advertisement | NeoLoad | - | |
| Deploy | Release Integrity | App | Release Assurance | Development, Testing, Operations | 
| Next | Custom Release | Help topic | Custom Release | - | 
| Production Support | Help topic | Production Support | - | |
| Rise with SAP | Help topic | Rise with SAP | - | |
| Support Pack | Help topic | Support Pack Upgrade | - | 
LiveCompare may be used to help in several phases of an S4/HANA Upgrade lifecycle event.
Prepare
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                                                        Before beginning an S4/HANA upgrade, the SAP HANA upgrade analysis app may be used to assess the impact of the upgrade on development, testing, integration, security and end users. 
Build
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                                                        The Code Watch app may be used in the Build phase to check all custom code changes against SAP best practices for quality and security. 
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                                                        The Retrofit Date Analysis app may be used to find all the code and data changes made in the production support system since a given start date that should be integrated into the Rise pipeline. 
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                                                        The Retrofit Transports Analysis app may be used to find all the code and data changes made in production support transports that should be integrated into the Rise pipeline. 
Test
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                                                        The Smart Impact app may be used to identify the impacted most-at-risk objects to test, and to review test coverage. 
Deploy
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                                                        The Release Assurance app may be used to verify that the changes following an S4/HANA upgrade are safe to be promoted to Production.