How can novices learn sap from each other?

There are many friends who intend to enter the SAP Consulting field, but sap's products are too complicated, enterprises that have implemented SAp are not willing to re-train their sap staff. After training, they will leave their jobs due to salary issues for a short time, which outweighs the loss. Therefore, for those who have ERP experience, the threshold for SAP is too high, and the opportunities for entry is even far smaller than those of those who have just graduated.

Through self-learning sap, I entered the SAP Consulting field. I believe many erper share their dreams. How can they cross this threshold? Here I have summarized some experiences for your reference.

The first hurdle: getting started

I often encounter four mistakes when I was a beginner at sap. Many people may have not carefully considered these mistakes. I have also made these mistakes and delayed a lot of time.

Misunderstanding 1: do not study at the front-end

Those who have ERP experience learn SAP by themselves, but those who do not have ERP experience can learn sap quickly. Maybe many people have never thought about this problem. Many friends who learned sap from each other have talked about it. It seems that what everyone cares about is how to configure the SAP system. If we install ides, we need to study spro. What is the front-end? The problem is: the foundation is unstable. How can we go fast and far? Many people rely on their own understanding of other ERP products to study sap, but they often cannot see their growth after learning for a long time, because of this: not steadfast enough.

Misunderstanding 2: Do not look at the function, look at the maintenance

The maintenance mentioned here is the work done by basis, such as "setting User Permissions" "client copy", "system tuning", "memory optimization", and "database optimization. However, in a real sap team, these tasks are handled by dedicated personnel. If you spend too much energy on this topic, the learning content will be delayed.

Some people initially considered sap's permission assignment and database backup. Basis is responsible for this part, and basis is no less difficult than a module consultant.

Misunderstanding 3: development and implementation are not divided

I also heard from many friends that the simplest way to study a system is to view the data flow in the database. Only by understanding the data flow can you really understand how the system is designed and grasp the system from the bottom layer. That's right, but don't forget: you are a beginner. Your goal is SAP Consulting rather than developers. Yes, abaper and consultant are also two positions. Unless you are positioning a Development Consultant, it is better to stay away from ABAP at the beginner stage. You should know that sap has tens of thousands of tables, and you will fall into the trap if you are not careful. But let's talk separately-a consultant who doesn't know ABAP can never be a senior consultant, but you can't be too anxious.

Misunderstanding 4: finding information on mantai Street

The SAP information I have on hand is about dozens of GB. Let's look at it. The biggest help for myself is onlinehelp. Yes, SAP online help. Why? I don't know. Why? Go to help. sap. com.

Is it a headache for a lot of English documents? This is true, but as long as you find the right method, it is really easy to learn.

The correct method is to look at the content related to ides. The learning environment you installed is not about ides. There are all the data in it. Refer to the steps in the SAP help file to step by step, and you will soon be able to operate the system skillfully. It is too easy to get started.

To sum up, the method for getting started is: Don't worry, start with foreground operations, study basic operations, and then study background settings. Is this method simple? Yes. Aside from all your previous experiences and qualifications, you should start learning from the basic operations of sap as a cainiao who is not familiar with it. Let's take a look at the PPT and take a look at the entry material step by step.

Second hurdle: English

Speaking of the second hurdle of learning sap, I am afraid n people will share the same feeling: English.

Many people go to the Internet to find Chinese documents. It seems easier, but don't forget that it is not the official sap documents. The translation and understanding of Chinese and English documents are quite different. In particular, the materials for improving official certification training qualifications are only available in English.

As an independent scholar, after mastering the basic operations of SAP, you must go to sap's official training materials-improved. Not to mention the online help we mentioned earlier. In this regard, if you do not have a good English foundation or do not have the habit of reading English documents, it will be difficult to improve for a long time.

When it comes to English materials, if it is self-taught, the most final point is to force yourself to get used to these things. There is no way to do this.

Studying the background configuration of SAP is one of the most important tasks in learning. From the information I have learned, I am willing to clearly link all the configurations, and only sap official documents are available. So ......, Don't complain.

Third hurdle: Opportunity

For scholars, it is very uncomfortable not to be recognized by formal channels. How can we be recognized by formal channels?

In my opinion, self-learning sap is hard to be able to withstand loneliness.

Think about it. For sap users, two years of experience can only be considered a cainiao. Can you continue to learn SAP for two years? I believe that there is no specific job, and many people will give up after three or five months of study. What is the real effect of learning in three or five months? I don't need to say that I think you know the time. Of course, some people may say that the time I spend is definitely less than the time spent on full-time study-but if you think about it, can it be true? Do people who are willing to work as SAP consultants do not study the system hard?

So I think: Persistence is the most rare thing. If you cannot see the path, how can you find it.

Suggestions for self-taught sap friends

① From the foundation, the goal should be clear and absolutely clear. But do not set the initial goal too ambitious. Follow the normal path of an SAP consultant and start with the basic operation. Be familiar with all front-end work. This is also a basic requirement for an SAP consultant.

② Keep reading English documents, especially carefully following the exercises provided by online help. With the foundation, you should carefully study sap's standard teaching materials. Until you have the ability to finish PA courses.

③ Communicate with others as much as possible, including on BBS and QQ groups. The most important thing in the communication process is not to read others' posts and operate on what others say-although this is what everyone wants to do when learning sap. The most important thing is to answer others' questions. Think about it: Isn't it necessary to answer questions raised by users every day as a consultant? Yes, you just need to test the job in advance. Solving problems based on the ideas provided by others alone does not represent anything. The key is to absorb the problems by yourself.

④ Plan your learning process. Learn in the way you plan, and do not deviate from the direction.

I personally feel very deeply about the fourth point. It's hard for you to know which day to join sap jobs-a year? Two years? Even for a longer period of time, I am afraid no one will be able to wait until the end of a good learning plan and stick to it. Therefore, you must give yourself a long-term plan. For an SAP project, we also need to emphasize planning.

⑤ Organize data based on your existing work as much as possible.

All ERP projects must collect, sort, and import data. SAP projects pay more attention to process research and data collection. Only by combining your existing work and simulating the work in the SAP system can you better understand what the previous system is going to do.

SAP project materials are of limited reference value for beginners and scholars. In addition to sap, it seems that no company can present all the content involved in a project in a complete manner-even if such information is available, for beginners, you do not know what to do at what stage or how to cycle at what stage. The so-called project qualifications on the Internet are only a reference for most consultants, and even have no reference value.

Finally, we suggest you stick to it! So stick to it! Give yourself two years. You can do it.