Are testing tool effective

Question

Hi,
I am trying to test my scenario using 2 available method of testing. I deliberately put a wrong data and tested in message mapping.
As expected, my mapping fails in test tab of message mapping. Now i took the same payload ( whcih has wrong data)  & used it in Runtime workbench ( Integration engine- Test Message) & also in ID in Tools-Test Configuration
To my surprise, the messages are triggered without error and i can see sucess flag. However when I see the XML payload it has wrong data. My Question is why these tool did not recognized what message mapping test found. How effect are those tools considering that they simulate the pipeline steps.
Regards,

Answer 1

When you do a mapping test, the only thing that you are testing is the mapping, independently of interfases.
When I want to test any interface, I:
1) Log on into R/3. Look for an existing IDOC in TC WE02 with status 03 (data passed to port OK). When I found one, I write the idoc number and then I go to TC WE19 and I test it there; just put the idoc number in textbox "existing idoc" and press F8, when you go to next screen, press F7 and put there the amount of Idocs that you want to reprocess. Then, log on into XI and go to TC SXI_MONITOR and see if the xml generated by the idoc you reprocess was sent ok.
2) Log on into IR and in message mapping go to test; test it putting information in the outbound idoc or xml or rfc. When the mapping result is ok, save that xml.
Then, I use a http page that basis guys give to me long time ago, where I have only to put:
Server Host (your server host, like srv-xxx-adm for example)
Server Port (in this case, I test it with server 8000 and not 50000)
Client (your mdt in SAP R3)
Quality of Service (sync., async. or exactly once in order)
Sender Service (your sender service; you can found it in ID)
Sender Interface (your message interface in IR)
Sender Namespace (your namespace in IR)
Then, you can upload the xml and logon with a username and password, and the xml will be sent.
And like in 1), you must log on into XI and go to TC SXI_MONITOR and see if the xml generated by the idoc you reprocess was sent ok.
3) Some guys from other systems are using a program called xmlspy to send xml from any system throw xi to sap or from sap throw xi to any system. The only thing that I have to do is to send them the empty xml I got from message mapping in IR, so they can fill it with information and send it. Then, just look at it in sxi_monitor transaction code in xi.
I dont use the other test tools because last guy in xi here told me not to use it (he didnt explain me why).
I hope this could be helpful for you.