Variance Monitor: Fundamentals (VM 101)
Level: Beginner | Course duration: 4hr 40m
Variance Monitor provides powerful functionality to quickly and easily compare values and investigate any variances. These can be values from an SAP table field, values from a file or even calculated function values. Consolidate your knowledge of infotypes, Payroll tables and how data is stored using keys and dates, then learn how to create Variance Monitor comparisons and use the results to solve variances.
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Course objectives:
Simplify your data testing by comparing large volumes of data easily with the powerful Variance Monitor. In this course, you’ll learn how to create Comparisons between your data, create rules and manipulate rule logic, use different output types, set up file mappings and use functions in Comparisons. See how this unique solution allows you to compare payroll data, Master data, FI data and Time data either between systems, or between a system and a file.
Module 1
Introduction to Variance Monitor
Module 2
Comparing payroll data
Module 3
Exercise 1: Creating a multi-rule payroll Comparison
Module 6
Comparing Master data
Module 5
Exercise 2: Execute your Comparison with different output types
Module 4
Looking at different Comparison output types
Module 7
Exercise 3: Comparing Master data
Module 8
Creating a Legacy (CSV) file Comparison
Module 9
Exercise 4: Comparing data from a CSV file
Module 12
Simplify SAP Support Pack testing
Module 11
Exercise 5: File Comparison for upgrade testing
Module 10
Creating a VM Export File Comparison
Module 13
How to compare SAP Time data
Module 14
Using functions in Comparisons
Module 15
Difference Reasons and Run ID maintenance
Module 16
Course test
At a glance
Prerequisites: Variance Monitor Introduction and overview (VM 001)
Cost: Free of charge to EPI-USE Labs clients with an active product-associated license.
Audience:
Business/Functional users
Managers
Business analysts
Application consultants
Data consultants
About the certificate
Get to know Variance Monitor and earn an official certificate of completion from EPI-USE Labs.
Stand out from the crowd in skill and competence with a certificate of completion for this training course.
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