Discussion: future for SAP CRM developers

[Former Member]

What do you think? Where might lie the future for SAP CRM developers? With SAP CRM standard development slowing down, from my perspective, and market penetration of SAP CRM increasing, where might be the future areas of work for SAP CRM developers or technical consultants?

Would if be Cloud for customer which is not everywhere accepted completely. Might it be CRM apps of Fiori? Would it mean more support-work and less implementation for technical people? Would it mean a shift to different areas of SAP?

What are your thoughts about this?

(I hope I am allowed to start this small discussion).

Thomas Wagner

[vraoid]

this is indeed the thread that i was searching for. Being a CRM functional consultant i was looking for future coarse in SAP CRM.

Hi All,

any links for C4C( in English) as I am new to that and want to learn it.

Regards,

V Rao

[Former Member]

Hello V Rao,

I would say that WebUI is nice but getting old, C4C is very interesting if the client accepts cloud but I don't have any links about it (I know there are 3-day C4C development trainings by SAP) but even more interesting should be SAP S/4 HANA which woule mean the following things:

- CRM is on the same server as Analytics and the rest of ERP/ECC which should also mean that there is no CRM-only database and no middleware if I am not mistaken.

- The User interface will be Fiori like making it very simple, requiring Javascript skills on the frontend and still ABAP on the backend (here OData should be used, I guess).

- The suite can be used on premise and on cloud.

- Maybe HANA is mandatory, I am not sure. I am also not sure, if this means that liscenses fees are therefore as high as HANA liscenses todday.

- Maybe this will be a push for SAP CRM if they have CRM on the same machine, like Microsoft having their Internet Explorer on Windows machines after installation (but this is just my assumption or guessing).

- And I think that this should be a very importent or the most important SAP system in the next years.

- Concerning trainings for it I have asked SAP but I have not yet found anything in the training catalogue.

Best regards,

Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi Thomas,

"- CRM is on the same server as Analytics and the rest of ERP/ECC which should also mean that there is no CRM-only database and no middleware if I am not mistaken."

Very surprising development !!!

This means a CRM Functional resource has to / must learn SD .... Right?

Also request others to elaborate on this.

Rgds

Hari