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Get Certified: C_HANATEC_16

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‎2020 Jan 07 3:36 PM
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SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS04









For the most recent edition of this post (SPS 05), see









In this blog, you will find some personal suggestions about how to get certified as SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 04.The SPS04 exam is available as of December 2019.

For the blog posts about the other SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 04 exams, see

For the blog post about the SAP Press Certification Success Guide, see

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Once you passed the exam, you will receive a digital badge from Acclaim

See the FAQ for more information about SAP Global Certification Digital badges.






About the Exam 


Associate Level


Information about the exam is published on the SAP Training website. This is also where you can book the exam (or get a certification hub subscription)

The C_ stands for associate level type exam.

Other flavors are P_ for professional and E_ for expert (associate add-on) but these are not available for SAP HANA.

There are three types of associate certications:

  • TEC = Technology (system administration)

  • IMP = Application (implementation, here modeling)

  • DEV = Development (native development)


Validity


For each release there is an exam. Currently valid are

  • 17 = SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 | until 2025

  • 16 = SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 04 | until 2021

  • 12 = SAP HANA 1.0 SPS 12 | until 2021


As you may have noticed, SAP Training simply continued the SPS release count.

Certifications expire with the maintenance support for the SAP HANA release. For this reason your certification for SPS 12 from 2016 is still valid while those for 2017 (SPS 01) and 2018 (SPS 02) no longer are.

You can check the validity of the certification at training.sap.com/certification/validity.

Should you still need to pass the SPS 12, see blog (with videos)

For the certification FAQs, see






Topic Areas


Information about the topic areas covered is also listed on the exam information page.

Note the small print: SAP reserves the right to update the exam content (topics, items, weighting) at any time. So make sure to check the page before applying.

Major Topics 8% - 12%



  • Perform SAP HANA Sizing and OS Preparations

  • Installing, upgrading and performing the post-installation task of the SAP HANA database

  • Create users, setup authorizations and verify security settings

  • Perform a SAP HANA backup and recovery

  • Perform daily administration tasks

  • Execute database migrations to SAP HANA



Minor Topics <8%



  • Explain the SAP HANA system architecture and deployment options

  • Configure and manage SAP HANA Scale-out systems

  • Installing and configuring SAP HANA Cockpit

  • Describe the different database administration tools

  • Work with SAP HANA MDC systems

  • Set up and manage SAP HANA System Replication

  • Proactive Monitoring and troubleshooting of SAP HANA

  • Analyze system performance Root Cause Analysis


These topic areas more or less match the units and lessons from the listed SAP training courses.

For example, topic area Perform SAP HANA Sizing and OS Preparations points to HA200 and when you download the course manual index, you can see that this matches the lessons from unit 2.









What's New



Compared to the previous edition, apart from the release (SPS 03) and a reshuffle of the exam topics, the most noticeable is that the training HA240 is no longer included as exam material.  

HA240 is now part of certification





How to Prepare




SAP PRESS



Whether you take the official training courses or not, the SAP PRESS Certification Guide(s) remain an excellent preparation for the exam. The book covers all the core topics with references for additional study material, together with a glossary and hundreds of sample questions.



SAP Training


When you have the time and budget, take the SAP Training courses. Nothing beats a 2 week+ focus with hands-on exercises and training environment.

Note that the courses have as requirement

With limited resources, consider

This delta training takes 3 days and covers the material from HA200, HA250, and HA240 (not required). As mentioned on the course leaflet: to be fully prepared for the C_HANATEC_17 certification, you need to attend the HA201 and HA215 courses as well, as the HATD20 Col17 course only covers the delta course materials of HA200 and HA250.

SAP Learning Hub


Alternatively, consider a subscription for the SAP Learning Hub and/or Certification Hub. There is a trial edition available for you to try it out.

Learning Journey


The learning journey shows a visualisation of the courses to take. You can logon and mark your progress.

The (free) openSAP courses about advanced analytics topics are listed under Expand your Skills.

Note that the learning journey lists courses HA240 and HOHAA1 as input for the C_HANATEC exam but this does not correspond to the exam information page where these courses are absent.


The tiles for each of the courses show the available formats: classroom and e-books. When subscribed to the learning hub, you also have access to an SAP HANA system for hands-on exercises (Live Access). The assessment contains the sample questions from the course.

SAP Help Portal


Most material will also be covered in the documentation on the SAP Help Portal:

Unfortunately, the administration guide alone counts well over 2,000 pages and contains a lot of information you do NOT need to know.

Papers


The following papers are covered in detail in the above-mentioned courses, so make sure you are familiar with their content:

The latest versions of these papers are maintained in note 2407186 - How-To Guides & Whitepapers For SAP HANA High Availability.

SAP Development Center


Of course, the tutorials from the SAP Development Center also provide a great learning opportunity. This is also the place to download the free SAP HANA, express edition or find out how you can run this in a cloud environment.



Knowledge Base


For those that have access to the SAP ONE Support Launchpad knowledge base articles (KBAs) (S- or P-user account), take note of the many excellent FAQ articles. As with the documentation guides, this will cover more material than you will need to know but it does provide an excellent resource.








Sample Questions



On the exam page, there is a link to a sample exam similar to the real one from ondemand.questionmark.eu.

For a discussion of the questions and answers, see





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