learning functional module with abap

[former_member211992]

Dear all

now im being a abap consultant ,,im planning to learn functional module ,,which one would be more effective for abap ,,im also confused with moduels like abap.crm , ,, what is difference between knowing abap with one functional module and abap.crm , .. which type will suits me ? help me with this.

my qualification is BE MBA

Thanks

Moderator message : Moved from ABAP General to Career center.

Edited by: Vinod Kumar on Mar 7, 2012 12:53 PM

Edited by: karthikeyanmuthusamy on Mar 7, 2012 8:24 AM

Edited by: karthikeyanmuthusamy on Mar 7, 2012 8:25 AM

[eduardo_hinojosa]

Hi

This is an opinion, my opinion. Become a good functional requires good communication skills (understand that you listen, be able to be understandable that you say, avoid jargon), a good knowledge about standard tools (don't invent the wheel, I'm an SD consultant, but my ABAP skills sometimes work as a trap, why? because you know that you have enhancements available, and you do modifications when you have standard tools available) and some knowledge about this functional area in business (finance, logistics, human resources,...) and be able to find the link between the customer's need and the possibilities of the tool (SAP).

ABAP is a powerful weapon for his owner (you can find quickly the errors with debugging sessions, you can enhance standard tools for requirements that standard tools don't solve, you can create reports and so on).

I'd suggest you to learn SD because your ABAP skills are an strong advantage. You can use it in a module full of enhancements, userexits, BADI and VOFM subroutines. Think this module requires changes, because companies ought to change their behavior or sales policies to changes in the market. The challenge is that usually SD guilts all flows in SAP (ATP, transfer to accounting, transfer of needs...) so, the learing curve could be longer. My suggestion is if it's possible, read all blueprints that you could get. You will learn how to link functional needs with SAP tools. The second best would be MM.

Other resources are: official courses and access to an IDES system, best-practices and print files. Articles, wikis and blogs in this site (SDN) are useful too.

I hope this helps you

Regards

Eduardo

[former_member184657]

Firstly, you need to know what these so-called Functional Modules mean and where they come into play.

Then you need to check if they align with your previous experiences or knowledge or even interest.

Then you need to find out if there's a decent demand for it in the market

Then you need to find out about institutes that impart education in these areas.

Then you can finally go ahead and invest your time and money into gaining knowledge in that area.

For all these to happen, you need to do a lot of R&D before taking a dive.

pk

[Former Member]

karthikeyanmuthusamy,

Please provide more information. Why are you considering learning a functional module? If you're looking for a way to increase your value, that's certainly one way to go, but there are many. I wrote and article about this on another site. http://it.toolbox.com/wiki/index.php/What_does_a_career_in_SAP_NetWeaver_Programming_look_like%3f

Hope this helps!

Best regards,

--Tom