ERP Testing Recommendations and Best Practices to Keep Your NetSuite Optimized

What could bring greater joy than seeing your NetSuite ERP seamlessly align and integrate with every facet of your organization? With a precisely customized ERP in operation, your business is positioned to realize significant ROI in areas like reduced IT costs (40%), decreased inventory levels (38%), and shortened cycle times (35%).(source)

While these customizations make your NetSuite work well for you, they can sometimes cause problems. For example, your dashboards might not show up right, automated tasks might skip steps, or connections to other systems might break.

To ensure everything works smoothly, it's important to test your NetSuite system thoroughly. This blog covers ERP testing recommendations and best practices to keep your NetSuite optimized for business critical missions.

Key Takeaways

Everything you need to know about testing NetSuite effectively:

• Why testing matters, the different types of tests and the best ways to create and run tests.
• How automation makes testing easier, faster and covers more ground.
• Tips and tricks to test NetSuite like a pro.

NetSuite's Recent Innovations: Empowering Growth Across Industries

NetSuite continues to evolve, offering new features and enhancements to improve user experience and streamline business processes. Whether it's the introduction of a new integrated payment processing solution or AI-driven content creation assistance, ensuring that these features function seamlessly within your NetSuite environment is paramount.

Comprehensive testing helps you identify and address any potential issues or bugs that could disrupt operations or compromise data security. As you embrace automation and AI, rigorous testing becomes even more crucial to maintain system reliability and optimize performance, enabling you to leverage these innovations effectively while minimizing risks.

• NetSuite recently announced a Newly supported record type for CSV Import, Now you can import revenue recognition field map in NetSuite using csv Import Assistance.
• NetSuite Pay and Suiteapp 1.0.0 is not available for Installation, It is an Integrated Payment processing solution designed for those businesses who use Netsuite, It helps business to accept the credit card payment online, over the phone, at the point of Sale, or you use it through another digital payment method, all with PCI Compliant data security.
• With the New Innovation you can now see the deleted budgets using the deleted record root record in SuiteAnalytics. Previously it was not possible to see the deleted record in SuiteAnalytics Workbook.
• In Release note 2024.1 NetSuite Introduced new Feature which is Text Enhance, It uses generative AI to assist users with writing Business Content in NetSuite. It also can help users to create and refine content as well as make your content the right length for user needs.
• NetSuite Recently introduced Show more and show less features for Global Search and current page result section just clicking the Headings. Previously users were not able to expand and collapse the result which they use to search in global and page Search results.
• NetSuite is keeping up with the trend of automation and AI. They've made it clear in their latest Release 2 that they're moving in this direction. One of the things they've done is provide ready-to-use tools. These tools help customers see their business more clearly with prebuilt metrics. It's now easier for users to navigate their dashboard, manage user access, and handle bundled objects. This makes it simpler for businesses to stay organized and make better decisions.

Why is NetSuite Testing Critical?

Testing NetSuite is really important because it helps make sure that everything works correctly. It's like checking if all the parts of a machine fit together and work smoothly. When you test NetSuite, you are making sure it's accurate, reliable, and safe to use. This includes checking if it performs well and if it connects properly with other systems. Testing also makes sure NetSuite follows the rules and regulations set by authorities. By testing, you can find and fix problems before they become big issues, like the system crashing or data getting into the wrong hands. This way, testing helps the organization succeed without any major problems.

Application Models of NetSuite

CRM

Accounting & Finance

Sales & Procurement

Manufacturing

Inventory Management

Order Management

Warehouse Management

Supply chain

Project Management

Marketing

HR Management

E-commerce

Benefits

Functionality: Ensure all critical functions work smoothly.

Customization: Verify tailored settings without disrupting standard operations.

Integration: Ensure seamless data flow between NetSuite and other systems.

Security: Identify and address vulnerabilities to safeguard data.

Performance: Optimize NetSuite for handling increased data loads.

User Experience: Validate modules for user satisfaction and ease of use.

Upgrades and Automation: Test updates and automate repetitive tasks for efficiency.

Some Pre-UAT Preparation Recommendations

• Make sure all the functionalities are implemented as per the Business Requirement Document and work as expected.
• Ensure the application is working as expected or not, if there is any issue or glitch resolve it UAT.
• Prepare standard business process detailed documents with NetSuite Navigations, Screen captures etc, SO you can show to the end users who will use this application.
• Make sure to add all the stakeholders to the meeting of UAT, so that you can give the walkthrough to all of them at the same time and you can hear any suggestion or issue from them at the same time.
• Make sure to import the real time data into the NetSuite, so that end users can relate it with their business operations.
• Prepare PPTs as per the flows in case any trouble accessing the application.

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Best Practices

Before User Acceptance Testing, you need to create a clear test plan and test objectives so that all scenarios are covered. It's essential to develop a solid test plan encompassing realistic scenarios with different test cases.

UAT should be performed with realistic test data to ensure that the application has been thoroughly tested with real-world scenarios.Using real test data offers significant advantages. It provides a genuine real-time experience, pinpointing exact issues, ensuring application quality, and mitigating risks associated with the actual application.

During UAT, ensure that all stakeholders who will be using the application are present in the meeting. Clear communication with stakeholders is necessary so that they can also test the application from their perspective before going live.

Provide appropriate training and support to testers so that they understand how the application works. It's crucial to create appropriate documentation during UAT.

Conduct user acceptance testing systematically to allow end users to thoroughly examine the application inside and out.

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At Jade Global, a certified NetSuite Partner, we specialize in delivering NetSuite Testing Automation solutions to meet our clients' needs. We understand that manual testing in NetSuite can often consume time and may not always yield the desired results. That's why we offer our expertise in automation testing to streamline the process for you. With our skilled QA team, we develop and execute automation scripts using advanced tools, minimizing the need for manual interventions. By partnering with us, you can benefit from reduced testing time, increased accuracy, and improved reliability in your NetSuite testing processes. Our automation solutions also enable scalability and resource optimization, allowing you to run tests efficiently at any time, including 24/7 operation.

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