What does SeaLights for ABAP check that dependency tracing alone can’t?

Dependency tracing only maps structural connections. it shows what might be impacted on paper. ‘Tricentis SeaLights’ provides actual ‘Quality Intelligence’ by looking at live system behavior.

Here is what SeaLights checks that dependency tracing misses:

• Live Execution Footprints: Dependency tracing assumes an object is tested if its parent transaction is run. SeaLights tracks runtime execution to prove if your tests actually hit the specific, modified lines of ABAP code.
• Exact Test Gaps: It automatically highlights your exact "blind spots." It flags precisely which new or modified code blocks and transport changes have zero test coverage.
• Production-Usage Filtering: Dependency tracing flags everything, including dead custom Z-code. SeaLights filters out obsolete code based on production data, so you only focus on code that users actually use.
• Smart Test Selection: Instead of triggering a massive, generic regression suite because a core object changed, SeaLights uses AI to pinpoint the absolute smallest subset of tests needed to validate the specific transport.

The Takeaway: Dependency tracing tells you what could break. SeaLights tells you exactly what is and isn't tested so you can stop testing blindly.