ABAP to SD Functional

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Hello all,
Am an abaper with one and half years of experience.
I have an opportunity to move into CRM/SD/SRM in my current organisation.
Can somebody tell me if i learn any of these functional areas and become a functional consultant,my 'no domain' experience will be hurdle while finding another/next job or during client interview.
In other words, please tell me if no domain knowledge will be always hurdle in my SAP-Functional carrier
or my future prospective client/employer will always ask me for domain experience
or only SAP-Implementation experience will be considered .
Thanks.

hi Sandeep,
Yes, it definitely helps to have domain knowledge/industry exp.
But, it is not that it wud be highly difficult to understand the Domain Exp/ learn the business processes underneath and apply it to map it in SAP.
For more, let me know ur contact details, I'll try to help U.
Rgds,
Raghu.

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Hi
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http://www.sap-img.com/abap/business-add-in-you-need-to-understand-abap-oo-interface-concept.htm
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SAPScripts
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http://www.sap-press.com/downloads/h955_preview.pdf
http://www.ossincorp.com/Black_Box/Black_Box_2.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/smartforms/sap-smart-forms.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/smartforms/smartform-tutorial.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/smartforms.htm
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http://www.sap-img.com/smartforms/smart-006.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/smartforms/smartforms-faq-part-two.htm
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BAPI
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http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci948835,00.html
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http://www.sap-img.com/bapi.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/abap/bapi-conventions.htm
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiintro.pdf
http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/bapi/example.htm
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDAPII/CABFAAPIINTRO.pdf
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFABAPIREF/CABFABAPIPG.pdf
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCFESDE8/BCFESDE8.pdf
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http://www.planetsap.com/LIST_ALL_BAPIs.htm
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiintro.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiprg.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiactx.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapilst.pdf
http://www.sappoint.com/abap/bapiexer.pdf
http://service.sap.com/ale
http://service.sap.com/bapi
http://www.planetsap.com/Bapi_main_page.htm
http://www.topxml.com/sap/sap_idoc_xml.asp
http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/
http://www.sapdevelopment.co.uk/java/jco/bapi_jco.pdf
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http://www.geocities.com/mpioud/Abap_programs.html
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