Self-study SAP three levels
Many friends plan to enter the field of SAP consulting, but the products of SAP are too complicated, and enterprises that have implemented SAP are unwilling to retrain their SAP staff-it is not worth the loss to leave their jobs because of salary after short-term training. Therefore, for people with ERP work experience, the threshold of SAP is too high. The chances of entering the industry are even far less than those of newly graduated students.
It is believed that it is the common dream of many ERP people to enter the field of SAP consulting through self-study, so how to cross this threshold? Here I have summarized some experiences for your reference.
The first obstacle: start.
Self-taught SAP students often encounter four misunderstandings when getting started. Maybe many people haven't considered it carefully. I made such a mistake, which delayed a lot of time.
Myth 1: Don't learn the foreground and background.
People with ERP experience learn SAP by themselves, but no one without ERP experience can learn quickly. Maybe many people haven't thought about this problem. I talked with many friends who taught themselves SAP in the forum. It seems that all people value is how to configure the SAP system. If you install an IDES, you must study the SPRO- front desk. What is that? But the question is: how can we go fast and far when the foundation is unstable? Many people rely on their own understanding of other ERP products to learn SAP, but they often can't see their progress after studying for a long time, which is also the reason why they are not practical enough.
Myth 2: Look at maintenance but not function.
The maintenance mentioned here is some work done by BASIS, such as setting user rights, copying clients, system tuning, memory optimization and database optimization. However, in a real SAP team, these tasks are handled by specialized people. Spending too much energy on this will delay learning the real content.
I don't know who advertised what IDES was installed in the forum and copied a "clean" client to learn-maybe this is right, but for beginners: wait until you can set all the parameters, hehehe, I'm afraid it will be three or five years later.
Others have been thinking about SAP's permission allocation and database backup from the beginning. And this part is also the full-time responsibility of BASIS-and it is as difficult as a module consultant to do BASIS well.
Myth 3: There is no difference between development and implementation.
I have also heard many friends say that the easiest way to study a system is to look at the flow of data in the database. Only by knowing the flow direction of data can we really understand how the system is designed and master the system from the bottom. Well, that's true. But don't forget: you are a beginner, and your goal is the consultant of SAP, not the developer. Yes, ABAPer and consultant are also two positions. Unless you position yourself as a development consultant, you'd better stay away from ABAP at the beginning. You know, SAP has tens of thousands of watches. If you are not careful, you will fall into the maze.
But make it clear-a consultant who doesn't know ABAP can never be a senior consultant, but you can't rush it.
Myth 4: Looking for information all over the street
My own SAP data is only a few tens of gigabytes, but looking back, ONLINEHELP is the most helpful thing for me to get started. Yes, online help from SAP. How come? I don't know where it is. Go to HELP.SAP.COM.
Have a headache reading a lot of English materials? That's right. But learning is really easy as long as you find the right method. The correct way is to look at things related to ide. The learning environment you installed is IDES, which contains all the data. Follow the steps in the SAP help file step by step, and you will soon be proficient in operating the system. Getting started is really easy.
To sum up, the way to get started is: don't worry, start with the foreground operation, thoroughly study the basic operation and then study the background settings. Is this method simple? Yes, put aside all your previous experience and qualifications and start learning the basic operation of SAP like a rookie who doesn't understand at all. Look at PPT and step by step through the introductory materials.
The second obstacle: English.
When it comes to the second hurdle of learning SAP, I'm afraid more than N people will feel the same way: English.
Many people go online to find Chinese information, saying it looks easy, but don't forget, this is not the official information of SAP. There are still great differences in translation and understanding between Chinese and English materials. In particular, the information about the training qualification of Improvement-Official Certification is only available in English.
As a self-learner, after mastering the basic operation of SAP, I must read the official training materials of SAP-improve it. Not to mention the online help we mentioned earlier. In this respect, if you don't have a good English foundation or the habit of reading English materials, it is difficult to improve for a long time.
When it comes to English materials, if you teach yourself, the last point is to force yourself to get used to these things. This is something that can't be helped.
Learning the background configuration of SAP is one of the most important tasks in learning. As far as I know, only the official information of SAP knows all the configuration connections. So don't complain
The third obstacle: opportunity
Can you stand loneliness?
For self-learners, it is very uncomfortable not to be recognized by formal channels. How to be recognized by formal channels?
In my opinion, the difficulty of self-learning SAP is that I can't stand loneliness.
Think about it carefully. For SAP users, two years of experience can only be regarded as novices. Then, for those who study SAP by themselves, can they persist for two years and study hard? I believe that there is no specific job, and many people give up after studying for three to five months. And what is the real effect of three to five months of study? I don't need to say it. I think you can tell by comparing the time. Of course, some people will say: I spend no less time than others spend on full-time study-but think about it carefully, can this be true? Will people who are interested in being SAP consultants not study the system carefully?
So I think: persistence is the hardest. When you can't see the way, how to continue to smear.
Advice to friends who teach themselves SAP
1, starting from the foundation, the goal should be clear and absolutely clear. But don't set your initial goal too high. Refer to the normal way of an SAP consultant and start with the basic operation. Familiar with all front desk work. This is also the basic requirement for SAP consultants.
2. Keep reading English documents, especially carefully follow the exercises provided by online help step by step. After having a foundation, I studied SAP's standard textbooks seriously. Until you have the ability to complete the PA course.
3, communication, try to communicate with people, including BBS, QQ group, try to communicate with people. The most important thing in the communication process is not to read other people's posts, but to follow what others say-although this is what everyone should do in the process of learning SAP. The most important thing is to answer others' questions. Think about it: as a consultant, isn't it to answer all kinds of questions raised by users every day? Yes, you are just testing your work in advance. Just solving problems according to the ideas provided by others doesn't mean anything. The key is your own absorption.
4. Plan your own learning process. Study according to your own plan and don't deviate from the direction.
For the fourth point, I personally feel particularly deeply. For self-learners, it is difficult to know when they can join the ranks of SAP-one year. Two years? Even for a long time, without a good study plan, and stick to it, I'm afraid no one can wait until the end. So be sure to give yourself a long-term plan. For an SAP project, we should also emphasize planning.
5, try to combine your existing work to sort out the information.
For all ERP projects, it is necessary to collect, sort out and import data. SAP projects pay more attention to process investigation and data collection. Only by combining your existing work and simulating it in SAP system can you know exactly what the last system will do.
SAP project materials have limited reference value for beginners and self-learners. Except for SAP, it seems that there is no set of company information that can completely show all the contents involved in a project-even if there is such information, for beginners, you don't know what to do at what stage and how to cycle at what stage. The so-called project qualification on the Internet is only a "reference" for most consultants, and even has no reference value.