New to BW and looking to acheive certification - Advice please.

[Former Member]

Hi All,

First let me say Hi to you all, I am new to SAP and SDN, I hope i will be talking with many of you over a longer period and after my initial period of learning, I hope i can contribute answers to this group.

I am based in the UK, Hertfordshire, near London.

I have secured my first role in BW, I come from a diverse background, latest ASP.Net with C#, prior to that Business Objects report developer for a short while, prior to that, other varied I.T. roles.

As said, I am now in a BW role. I am looking to acheive certification in BW 3.5 in around 6 months or so. I want to get studying ASAP really. The reasons for wanting to do the certification study are that i am hoping the certification study will push my learning of BW along at a faster pace than I may acheive otherwise (i am starting with Zero experience).

I would appreciate any advice that others can give about the best route to go for certification WITHOUT attending offical SAP courses (i dont think i will be able to get the courses).

I am looking for any advice on study materials, what areas to cover in my studies and the best way to move forward with my learnings really.

I have read other postings on this group that were quite helpful, but i am really looking for an answer that will give me a 'strategy' to take my learnings forward as well as any specific help in relation to study materials.

<i>I am looking at giving away my first points, so best answer(s) will <b>definately</b> be rewarded.</i>

Thank you for all those that take the time to reply.

Bill

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Bill

Welcome to SDN and BW

Please see this link for certification curriculum

http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=420&vid=5

Also check these previous threads

SAP training definitely helps for certification because it covers all fundamentals. If you want to attend BW certification with out training as you know

help.sap.com is the best source

also read all BW related white papers, How To Guides published in

sdn.sap.com.

Good luck

Hope this helps

Thanks

Sat

[Former Member]

Hi again All ... well I have come a little further in my information gathering ... I have found out i need some SAP info from the courses if i am not going to be attending ... does anyone know how i can get hold of the SAP course notes for BW 3.5 certication please ? billirvine@ntlworld.com

<b>Please be sure to reply here as well as posting to my email account as i want to assign maximum points to whoever helps me with this. </b>

Thanks,

Bill

[Former Member]

Bill

I am not sure whether we could get this material with out taking formal training from SAP. Also I belive this is sap copyright material and I don't think it is available with out taking training.

Please see the Craig Mail regarding this

/message/1835214#1835214 [original link is broken]

Thanks

sat

[Former Member]

mmm ... I realise that is the case. As im sure do others

Thank you for taking the time to point that out.

As mentioned my email address is billirvine44@hotmail.com

[Former Member]

Forgot to add ... my email address and MSN is billirvine44@hotmail.com

Cheers

Bill.