1. Small Business Superannuation Clearing House - Transition to ATO
Test Strategy and Approach
This document provides an overview of the testing approach for APRA-regulated funds and their intermediaries to support the implementation of the ATO Small Business Superannuation Clearing House in 2017.
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2. ATO SBSCH – Testing Objectives and principles
This test strategy and approach relates to contributions and member registration transactions with the ATO Small Business Superannuation Clearing House (SBSCH).
The ATO will provide an External Vendor Testing Environment (EVTE) to the superannuation industry that allows Gateways, Intermediaries and Funds to undertake interoperability and ATO to Fund or Peer to Peer testing prior to the ATO SBSCH going into production.
There are three phases of testing that will be conducted from October 2017 and continue into 2018:
Integration Testing between APRA funds and their solutions providers
Interoperability Testing between the gateway operators and the ATO SBSCH and,
Peer-to-Peer Testing between funds and the ATO SBSCH
NB: Responsibility for scheduling integration testing rests with the funds and MUST be completed before ATO/Fund or Peer to Peer testing can commence.
Principles
Funds will be required to submit a production readiness checklist to the ATO once they’ve completed their SBSCH testing with the ATO.
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3. ATO SBSCH – Testing Timeline
2017
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
Test Planning
Integration Test
Interoperability Testing
Gateways
Peer 2 Peer / ATO to Fund Testing
Production Readiness Checklist
ATO SBSCH Production Cutover
Pre requisite for Peer to Peer Testing
ATO/OBT and Gateways
As relevant Gateway has completed interoperability testing. Funds will be scheduled based on registry system approach and readiness information provided to the ATO
Template for production readiness checklist
Business Deployment Verification (BDV Plan tbc)
Production code drop and cutover
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4. ATO SBSCH – Overview of Test Phases
GENERAL:
Funds are required to confirm their ABN and USI details prior to commencing Peer-2-Peer / ATO to fund testing
Funds must be satisfied they have successfully performed sufficient testing before providing their production readiness checklists to the ATO.
INTEGRATION TESTING
Integration test cases are the responsibility of each solution implementation team.
Test cases as per section 4 of Contributions Conformance Testing Guide
The full extent of integration testing will need to be agreed between each fund and their solution provider/s.
Integration and interoperability testing is a prerequisite for ATO to fund or Peer-to-Peer testing.
Integration testing involving funds will need to be arranged by the SBSCH project team.
2. INTEROPERABILITY TESTING
Interoperability testing between Gateway and to/from ATO SBSCH involves testing connectivity, transport and message layer however it is not necessary to confirm processing or technical validity of messages at this point.
ATO has developed a single test that will provide confirmation of gateway/ATO interoperability testing as per section 4 Contributions Conformance Testing Guide
Interoperability testing for Gateways will be coordinated by the On-boarding team within the ATO.
3. PEER TO PEER TESTING (ATO to fund)
Peer-to-Peer testing with the ATO will confirm that funds are able to send, receive and process messages to and from the ATO SBSCH.
The ATO has developed a set of minimum test scenarios based on section 4 of the Contributions Conformance Testing Guide
Peer-2-Peer or fund testing will be scheduled and coordinated by the ATO based on fund readiness dates and registry system approach.
We require testing to be completed with at least 1 fund.
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5. ATO SBSCH – P2P Test approach and processes
Test scenarios and test data to be used during Peer-to-Peer testing or ATO to fund testing can be found on the software developers website.
Funds are responsible for ensuring that this test data is configured into their test environments and personnel are ready to commence Peer-to-Peer testing with the ATO SBSCH.
The testing process to and from the ATO will be managed through a central address as per the following steps:
The ATO SBSCH issues contributions transaction request (CTR) and member registration request (MRR) via the EVTE test harness
Fund returns with the correct error (CTER) and member registration outcome report (MROR)
The ATO will confirm when tests have been completed via an containing Conversation_ID’s of all test transactions
Upon completion of the processing of the test messages, funds are required to reply to the which advised the Conversation_ID’s, to notify the ATO of test outcomes and that response messages have been received.
Funds are required to track their own testing progress and must satisfy themselves that successful and sufficient testing has been completed.
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6. ATO SBSCH – Tests
The ATO has developed (2) test messages that Funds and Gateways are able to receive and process.
Funds involved in testing will need to complete tests 1 and 2. Refer to next slide for a summary.
Funds are responsible for ensuring that the member test data is configured into their test environments to achieve the expected outcomes and their personnel are ready to commence Peer-to-Peer testing with the ATO prior to requesting test messages.
The expected outcome or result for each test is also outlined in the test summary on the next slide.
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7. ATO SBSCH – Test Scenarios & Execution Summary
Test No.
Test Description
Conformance Testing Guide P-2-P Scenarios Exercised
Member/s used in Test
Expected Result 1
MRR, multiple tests, single business document, single member, new member, existing member, member with TFN, member with no TFN, at least one member with an error
MRR.01
6, 2, 7, 8, 9
Fund receive MRR, send MROR 2
CTR, single business document, multiple employers, employer with ABN, employer with WPN, multiple members, members with TFN, members with no TFN, members with SG, Members with Salary sacrifice, members with other contribution components, member with SMSF, member not found.
CTR.01
4, 2, 1, 5, 3
Fund receive CTR, Fund send CTER
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8. Artefacts to Support ATO SBSCH Testing
Contributions Test Data
Contributions Conformance Testing Guide
Contributions Message Implementation Guide v2.0
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9. Questions/Feedback: superstreamstandards@ato. gov
Questions/Feedback: Testing Requests and Support: Further information:
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