Associate level or Professional level?

I heard from a veteran SAP consultant today, that of the certified SAP consultants, only 1% are at the Professional Level, and that usually you would go for the Associate Level? Is this true? She is working at SAP now, and she's got 8 certifications.

I've been working in the SAP world for 14 years, and I haven't even got one certification. But my clients and customers are still happy with my work, so I must be doing something right.

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Associate and professional Level Certification in TECH ED 2009 - Benguluru

Hello,
I have 4 1/2 tears of Exp in SAP ABAP.
I dont have any associate level certification.
Can i attend the professional level Certification in Tech Ed 2009 Banguluru directly??
I searched in net and found list of certifications availble in tech ed 2009.
http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/teched_2009/bangalore_exams.epx
But I could not see any Professional level Certification exam.(Only Associate Level)
is that means thisis time we can not give certification exam in Professional level?
Regards,
Krishna.

Thanks.

BI Professional Level Certification

Locking this thread since this will start link farms ...
Hello Experts,
I am an associate level certified BI consultant. I aspire for professional level certification as well.
I need guidance on how to go about it. Any streamlined preparation guideline would be very grateful.
Any question paper dump, etc or any valuable input pertaining to this subject would be helpful.
As of now I have only one link below to follow:
http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/certificationtest.epx?context=%5b%5bP_BIE_70%7cG%5d%5d%7c
Thanks,
Mihir
Edited by: Arun Varadarajan on Jun 9, 2009 6:54 PM

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Hi Mihir
For preparing to certification you can just refer to the following thread
Re: SAP BW Certification
Online BW test
http://www.hometutorials.com/SAP-BW/
Document link
New to Materials Management / Warehouse Management?
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http://www.sap4india.com/SAP-bi-Interview-Questions.html
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Visit these links:
http://www.sapbw.info/SAP-BW-Certification-Test-Simulation.html
BI certification tips pls
All the info is compiled at one place.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/bi/biCertificationInfo-Links
and also visit this link:
BI certification
BW Certification imp links:
Plz refer following link it give detailed analysis , i think bw tabs are sufficient for certification:
http://www.sap.com:80/services/education/certification/certroles/certificationtest.epx?context=
FFC760B8923D16BB5150DAE63E7C1A6B331AF0B9E3A8F73CE3A9B7046E051044503600C9
11DBA13DCE978D3AC9057626D2B68111A7CD2D707E2EEC31213097E46EB790DD0106435EE
0756F7B22F3FA4B4FF0645C06954BF3A150E023B4164DA2C3943DE02E599735DB9B4334B30B
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wiki containing many links for cerification:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/wiki?path=/display/bi/biCertificationInfo-Links
One privious thread:
BI certification tips pls
Hope it helps u,
Regards,
Santosh
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For Professional level certification aspirants in SAP Controlling module

Dear all Professional level Certification aspirants in SAP CO module,
I have recently passed the Certification test on SAP Management Accounting (CO) module in version ERP 6.0 EHP4. I have more than 4 years experience in SAP Controlling module.The following are some of my suggestions regarding preparation for the exam.
1. All the questions were scenario based. The exam tests expert level knowledge and real time scenarios in the module. The theoritical knowledge is not sufficient to clear the exam. Unless you have atleast 5 to 6 implementations in Controlling module, it is not advisable to give it a try.
2. Detailed knowledge of the system configuration settings about the various courses mentioned in the syllabus is required. One needs a clear understanding of Special costing functions, ERP integration, Transfer Pricing, Material ledger, New GL Parallel valuation, Planning and Budgeting fuctions in various components etc.
3. The exam tests in-depth knowledge about various integration aspects of Controlling module with other modules. The advanced master data functionalities of other logistical modules like MM, SD, PP, PM, QM, PS, CS, HCM is tested in detail.
4. Several methods of process and performance optimization of the system are also tested.
3. Some reporting aspects of BW and BI are also tested. The cross application aspects of the system are also tested.
4. The exam also tests the real time skills in preparing Blueprints, Business Process design and trouble shooting the system. Being knowledgeable about some of the processing errors and message classes will be of great help.
Hope this information helps you in preparing for the certification.
Should you need any clarifications, please post a reply to this thread and I will post answers.
All the Best!!
VS.

Hi Vikrant,
the pass mark for the exam is 58%. However it may be different. The passing mark shown on your screen on the day will be the correct passing mark.
All the questions were scenario based which would involve high analytical skills and through understanding of the system integration. It would be difficult to tell any specific question. The questions carry different weightage. If you answer the questions with less weightage correctly than the questions with more weightage, you end up scoring less though you answer more number of questions correctly. and it is vice versa. Go through your syllabus and cources and try to concentrate on the topic areas which contain more weightage.
Moreover, the exam is not completely technical in nature. It tests a lot of analytical and problem solving skills required on the job.
Note:Please do not ask the questions or contents of the exam as they are confidential.
Hope this information helps you.
All the best for your exam!
Regards,
Vishnu.

Controlling (CO) Professional level certification material code

Hi Folks,
Could you pls let me know the Material code for Controlling Professional level certification course
Thanks in advance
Sneha

Hi,
it is available in the following link
http://www.sap.com/services/education
regards,
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SAP HCM Professional Level Certification-TM

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I am preparing for Professional Level certification ..Do we have any reference materials or links that can help much to prepare for Talent Management areas.
Timely help would be much appreciated!!!
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Any updates regarding this certification.??..Please share your thoughts..
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Professional Level Certification - P_ADM_SYS_70

To All BASIS Community,
May I have some guidance for the preparation of Professional Level Certification - P_ADM_SYS_70.
My total experience is 6 Years.
Looking forward for hearing a favorable response.
Best Regards,
Unni.

Seems like this is a professionals level exam. I do not think tha tthey have released any expert level exams yet.
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Paul

Which 'Professional Level' Layout Application

I love Pages and think it is brilliant value for money etc etc. However I'm considering buying a more professional level layout application to make it easier for me to work with professional printers.
So you Pages users out there who have experience of higher end applications like InDesign and QuarkXPress...
1. Which pro-level app would you choose and why?
2. What features will I get that aren't in Pages?
I know this area is for discussion about Pages and my question is slightly off topic. I will be googling but I value the opinions of many contributors here.
Thanks
Ian

I'd vote for InDesign -- it integrates well with other Adobe apps, and is much more "Mac-like" than the versions of QuarkXPress that I've used before (although I can't speak about the most recent releases).
Compared to Pages, InDesign has a lot of features useful in a professional workflow: much finer control over text and type; more flexibility around professional colour printing options; the ability to "link" images and graphics rather that embed them in the document (allowing for very easy updating of changed images in a document); more capable built-in illustration tools; layers capabilities; and various other pro-level features.
But Barbara is also correct that both ID and QXP require substantial investment in both money and time. Unlike Pages, I found that neither were immediately usable without some background reading and training. And even with many years experience with both applications, I find that I use Pages for 80% of my work-related page layout, including a lot of professionally-printed material, just because I find it vastly easier to use, especially if one is experimenting with layout ideas. ID is more capable, but the price is a far more complex UI.
It sounds like the issues you face are not necessarily around what Pages can do, but how it interacts with printers. Given that, you might first try getting more information from what the problematic aspects are that printers have with your documents, and see if they can be resolved in Pages. I wouldn't suggest leaping to ID or QXP unless you need their more complex features, or if there is some critical function that your printer is demanding.

How to improve the query performance in to report level and designer level

How to improve the query performance in to report level and designer level......?
Plz let me know the detail view......

first its all based on the design of the database, universe and the report.
at the universe Level, you have to check your Contexts very well to get the optimal performance of the universe and also your joins, keep your joins with key fields, will give you the best performance.
at the report level, try to make the reports dynamic as much as you can, (Parameters) and so on.
and when you create a paremeter try to get it match with the key fields in the database.
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Dunning Old dinning level and dunning level

Hi experts,
I have one issue in dunning. the issue is where the dunning history for particular customer shows as old dunning level as 3 and dunning level as 2.
i have checked the customer master there is change in the dunning procdure. But the document and master data shows the correct dunning level with the new procdure.
so i didnt understand what is the OLD dunning level and dunning level for the same cusomer. the issue is only with one customer.
I have also checked with old procdure with same customer in table MHNK. there are some notices done. but how come the current invoice shows the old dunning level for the same invoice.
can any once explain me how to proceed.
Regards
Ashok

Hi
Thnks for the reply so we need to apply this note for making the old dunning level and dunning level makes equal after you run the program.
Also one more doubt, since i have observed that the dunning after the parameters entered. looks like this
Parameters were maintained
Dunning selection executed, job deleted
Dunning notice printed, job deleted.
the above doesnt means that they will update the old dunning level right.
Regards
Ashok

Make all the forms at a user level or responsibility level to be read only

Hi,
Please suggest me to make all the forms at a user level or responsibility level to be read only. So that when a particular user logs in, he gets all the form in read only mode or at a particular responsibility all the forms are read only so that we can attach this responsibility to the user for the same purpose.
Any ideas will be highly appreciated.

check this blog,
http://www.oracleappshub.com/11i/oracleapps-responsibility-vs-sap-functions/
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How to know Packing should be at Delivery level or shipment level?

Hello Experts,
As per my knowledge Packing can be done at delivery level and Shipment level but how to know at material should be packed at what level?
Thanks

Hi Prashant,
Normally we update Matl Grp Pack.Matls field in BASIC DATA 1 of Material Master in Packaging Material Data section.
Based on that details, you can get to know that if this needs to be Packed in What type of Material.
Depending upon your design of Packing you can get to know when should you do the packing.
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How to start Top-Level Navigation on Level two?

Hi,
does anyone known a trick how i can start the top-level navigation at Level two?
I make an own frameworkpage and try to set it in the iview properties, but there is not an property for this. it is only for the detailed-navigation iView there.
For what:
I need this, because i would open an pop-up with an other portal window. I link to the popup with navigation-target=... In this pop-up should only be the content of one role. This folder i have set to "invisible in the navigation area". So the User always see him in a popup. when i start at the default Top-navigation level 1, the user see all the other navigation folders.
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As of SPS14, with the new navigation taglib, I expect this to be much less work; anyhow, I didn't convert the results into SPS14, so I cannot say if this is really as easy as I expect.
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Backup RMAN Incremental Level 1 without Level 0 - 10gR2

Hi,
I'm a bit confused after some tests.
The Question: It's mandatory to perform backup incremental level 0 before the level 1 using Oracle 10gR2 ?
On Oracle 11.2 it's mandatory but on Oracle 10.2.0.5 I don't know.
Test on 11.2. If doesn't exists level 0 rman take care about it and perform automaticaly level 0 before level1
RMAN> backup incremental level 1 database;
Starting backup at 29-APR-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
no parent backup or copy of datafile 1 found
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental level 0 datafile backup set
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
...Docs said:
Incremental backups capture only those blocks that change between backups in each datafile.
In a typical incremental backup strategy, a level 0 incremental backup is used as a starting point. A level 0 backup captures all blocks in the datafile.
So, on Oracle 10.2.0.5 this not happen like on 11.2:
Perfoming backup level 1 without level 0:
RMAN> list backup;
RMAN> backup incremental level 1 database;
Starting backup at 29-APR-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental level 1 datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
input datafile fno=00001 name=+DG_ORCL/db10g/datafile/system.260.749756975
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 29-APR-11
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 29-APR-11
piece handle=+DG_FRA/db10g/backupset/2011_04_29/nnndn1_tag20110429t190340_0.260.749761421 tag=TAG20110429T190340 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:25
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting incremental level 1 datafile backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) in backupset
including current control file in backupset
including current SPFILE in backupset
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting piece 1 at 29-APR-11
channel ORA_DISK_1: finished piece 1 at 29-APR-11
piece handle=+DG_FRA/db10g/backupset/2011_04_29/ncsnn1_tag20110429t190340_0.262.749761449 tag=TAG20110429T190340 comment=NONE
channel ORA_DISK_1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:05
Finished backup at 29-APR-11
RMAN> backup archivelog all delete input;
Starting backup at 29-APR-11
current log archived
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Finished backup at 29-APR-11
RMAN> shutdown abort;
Oracle instance shut downDelete all files on ASM (except SPFILE).
ASMCMD> cd +DG_ORCL/DB10g
ASMCMD> ls
PARAMETERFILE/
spfiledb10g.oraSo, let's perfom restore of database
oracle@butao:/home/oracle> rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.5.0 - Production on Fri Apr 29 19:06:52 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved.
connected to target database (not started)
RMAN> startup nomount
Oracle instance started
Total System Global Area     293601280 bytes
Fixed Size                     2095872 bytes
Variable Size                 92275968 bytes
Database Buffers             192937984 bytes
Redo Buffers                   6291456 bytes
RMAN> restore controlfile from '+DG_FRA/db10g/backupset/2011_04_29/ncsnn1_tag20110429t190340_0.262.749761449';
Starting restore at 29-APR-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: restoring control file
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:05
output filename=+DG_ORCL/db10g/controlfile/current.263.749761699
output filename=+DG_FRA/db10g/controlfile/current.263.749761699
Finished restore at 29-APR-11
RMAN> startup mount
database is already started
database mounted
released channel: ORA_DISK_1
RMAN> restore database;
Starting restore at 29-APR-11
Starting implicit crosscheck backup at 29-APR-11
allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=156 devtype=DISK
Crosschecked 1 objects
Finished implicit crosscheck backup at 29-APR-11
Starting implicit crosscheck copy at 29-APR-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
Finished implicit crosscheck copy at 29-APR-11
searching for all files in the recovery area
cataloging files...
cataloging done
List of Cataloged Files
=======================
File Name: +dg_fra/DB10G/BACKUPSET/2011_04_29/ncsnn1_TAG20110429T190340_0.262.749761449
File Name: +dg_fra/DB10G/BACKUPSET/2011_04_29/annnf0_TAG20110429T190442_0.264.749761485
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to +DG_ORCL/db10g/datafile/system.260.749756975
restoring datafile 00002 to +DG_ORCL/db10g/datafile/undotbs1.261.749757085
restoring datafile 00003 to +DG_ORCL/db10g/datafile/sysaux.262.749757095
restoring datafile 00004 to +DG_ORCL/db10g/datafile/users.264.749757107
channel ORA_DISK_1: reading from backup piece +DG_FRA/db10g/backupset/2011_04_29/nnndn1_tag20110429t190340_0.260.749761421
channel ORA_DISK_1: restored backup piece 1
piece handle=+DG_FRA/db10g/backupset/2011_04_29/nnndn1_tag20110429t190340_0.260.749761421 tag=TAG20110429T190340
channel ORA_DISK_1: restore complete, elapsed time: 00:00:26
Finished restore at 29-APR-11
RMAN> recover database;
Starting recover at 29-APR-11
using channel ORA_DISK_1
starting media recovery
archive log thread 1 sequence 27 is already on disk as file +DG_FRA/db10g/onlinelog/group_3.259.749756971
archive log thread 1 sequence 28 is already on disk as file +DG_FRA/db10g/onlinelog/group_1.257.749756963
archive log filename=+DG_FRA/db10g/onlinelog/group_3.259.749756971 thread=1 sequence=27
archive log filename=+DG_FRA/db10g/onlinelog/group_1.257.749756963 thread=1 sequence=28
media recovery complete, elapsed time: 00:00:02
Finished recover at 29-APR-11
RMAN> alter database open resetlogs;
database opened
RMAN>See I don't need level 0 backup to restore level 1.
Thanks,
Levi Pereira

Hi Gokhan,
Thank you for point this.
After spending a time studying about this I find out this:
Your expanation apply only in Oracle 10gR1/R2.
Because there is differences between RMAN Version 10gR1/R2 and 11gR1/R2 about Incremental Level 1 and this confuse me.
Oracle 10gR1/R2 run only one backup incremental level 1 even if level 0 not exists .
Oracle 11gR1/R2 run two backups incremental if level 0 not exists. i.e level 0 first and after that level 1.
Oracle 10gR2
If no level 0 backup is available, then the behavior depends upon the compatibility mode setting. If compatibility is >=10.0.0, RMAN copies all blocks changed since the file was created, and stores the results as a level 1 backup. In other words, the SCN at the time the incremental backup is taken is the file creation SCN.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14192/bkup004.htm
Thats means wich RMAN run level 0 with name level 1. (i.e: Only one Backup) This is confuse.
Oracle 11gR1
If no level 0 backup is available in either the current or parent incarnation, then the behavior varies with the compatibility mode setting. If compatibility is >=10.0.0, RMAN copies all blocks that have been changed since the file was created. Otherwise, RMAN behaves as it did in previous releases, by generating a level 0 backup.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/backup.111/b28270/rcmcncpt.htm#BRADV89500
Oracle 11gR2
If no level 0 backup is available in either the current or parent incarnation, then the behavior varies with the compatibility mode setting. If compatibility is >=10.0.0, RMAN copies all blocks that have been changed since the file was created. Otherwise, RMAN generates a level 0 backup.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/backup.112/e10642/rcmcncpt.htm#BRADV89500
Thats means wich RMAN run (automatically) level 0 first after finish level 0 backup RMAN run level 1 backup (i.e Two Backups). This seems right.
Regards,
Levi Pereira

Tax error: Precedence Level: This Precedence level is already in use.

Customer applied Vertex integration with Oracle Etax ,while update tax juristiction information and apply ,the error is out like below:
Precedence Level: This Precedence level is already in use.
You must create unique precedence levels for tax jurisdictions that apply to the same tax.
Customer wonder precedence level logic .
Is any one know about precedence level?
Thanks,

This is usually because the drive letter assigned to the network share is taken by something else. Maybe, by a removable drive.
Moderators and other answerers do their best to help specific cases, but everyone has their own situation. Apply common sense to the replies you find in the forums.
When you typed dir z: - is Z: the drive letter you wanted for this share, or it was automatically assigned?
-- pa
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Suggesting that it might be "another drive" that took over the mapping shows your lack of reading comprehension and is unhelpful. Please take the time to, once again, read first.
Lastly moderators here generally show little technical skill beyond entering search words into a knowledge-base of articles and then applying the results incorrectly further exacerbating the situation for the customer.

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