How do I prepare for Abap Certification?

[Former Member]

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Hi,

We are in the early stages of implementing SAP and I have been to 3 ABAP training classes:

SAPTEC (SAP NetWeaver Fundamentals)

BC400 - ABAP Workbench

BC401 - ABAP Objects

and have scheduled another course in february:

BC405 - Programming ABAP Reports

I would like to become certified in ABAP at some point and I understand that there are 3 levels of certification, and that SAP Certified Associate would be the first level that I would pursue.

Can someone tell me what materials other than the training courses might help me to prepare for this certification level and at what point one might be ready to take the exam? Is a certain amount of real experience beneficial or can the exam be passed by education alone?

Also I was on the SAP Certification page: http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/index.epx

and attempted to complete the "Find a Certification" section, but was not sure what to select for the "general" ABAP Associate Certification...can anyone help me with this?

Anyway...thanks for reading and for any help you can provide!

Andy

Edited by: Matt on Jan 23, 2009 3:42 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I run an authorized SAP Academy, so I think I am able to provide some help.

Firstly,the the most common SAP certification for ABAP is coded C_TAW12_04, which carries a title of "SAP Development Consultant - SAP NetWeaver 2004 Development Focus- in your certificate. (the title, of course, may change)

The above should be what you referred to as "Associate" level.

Now, according to the latest roadmap for ABAP ("Associate") certification described above, you need to take TAW10 and TAW12. These two should prepare you well for the certification. The BC4xx you described are alternatives to TAWxx so you need to make sure you have covered all the BC4xx based on this click http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/certificationtest.epx?context=%5b%5bC_TAW12_04%5...

From our experience, No 'real life' experience needed to pass the certification for as long as you follow the roadmap above and complete all the exercises. Of course, real life experience would help greatly. One of our students who does not have any prior SAP knowledge scored 83 points (passing grade = 70) based on the above roadmap through our eAcademy program.

>how to select 'find a certification'

You need to select NetWeaver -> Development -> Developer/Development consultant in http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/index.epx

You can also check out http://www.monsoonacademy.com/course_list.php for more details

Abdy (Monsoon Academy)

[Former Member]

Thank you both very much for your feedback. The information was most helpful.

This was my first post to the forum, so hopefully I awarded points correctly. If I did not, PLEASE tell me what I did wrong so I can correct it...I'm gonna need you guys in the future...haha!

Thanks again.

Andy

[Former Member]

Hi Andrew,

The certification with the code C_TAW12_70 might be more suitable as it's for a more recent version of Netweaver (7.0) and it will probably mean more than the older ones in the future.

For this certification, you only need to go through the two materials, TAW10 and TAW12 and you will be completely ready for it. I took this certification pretty easy after around 1 year of ABAP experience, but you have all the chances to take it if you just read & learn the two materials that I recommended.

Any other questions you may have about the certification, don't hesitate to ask.

Best regards,

George