Career shift to Netweaver

Hi all,
I am an ABAPer withone and half years of experience.
I have worked on ALV Reports,BDC's,Enhancements,BADI's,Modulepool,Smartform.
1)Can somebody guide me if its appropriate to move to some Netweaver component as i will be starting form zero in that component.
2)If yes then which Netweaver component is appropriate and are there enough projects in the market(India) as it makes no sense in learning and then siting on the bench.
3)Or its appropriate to learn some functional module like SD or CRM.
Thanks.

Learn new SAP technologies, i.e., SAP PI/XI, SAP BI or GRC.
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Dear sandeep pande ,
BO was brought up by SAP and It will soon be included in SAP BI in next recent versions.SO its better to join BI. as it has more scope these days/
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/people/ingo.hilgefort/blog/2008/02/19/businessobjects-and-sap-part-2
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http://sap.blogs.techtarget.com/category/teched/
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http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/print.asp?jc=1&rid=285
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http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=506&vid=5
http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=420
http://csc-studentweb.lrc.edu/swp/Berg/BB_index_main.htm
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Hi all,
I am an ABAPer withone and half years of experience.
I have worked on ALV Reports,BDC's,Enhancements,BADI's,Modulepool,Smartform.
1)Can somebody guide me if its appropriate to move to some Netweaver component as i will be starting form zero in that component.
2)If yes then which Netweaver component is appropriate and are there enough projects in the market(India) as it makes no sense in learning and then siting on the bench.
3)Or its appropriate to learn some functional module like SD or CRM.
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I am an ABAPer withone and half years of experience.
I have worked on ALV Reports,BDC's,Enhancements,BADI's,Modulepool,Smartform.
1)Can somebody guide me if its appropriate to move to some Netweaver component as i will be starting form zero in that component.
2)If yes then which Netweaver component is appropriate and are there enough projects in the market(India) as it makes no sense in learning and then siting on the bench.
3)Or its appropriate to learn some functional module like SD or CRM.
Thanks.

Hi all,
I am an ABAPer withone and half years of experience.
I have worked on ALV Reports,BDC's,Enhancements,BADI's,Modulepool,Smartform.
1)Can somebody guide me if its appropriate to move to some Netweaver component as i will be starting form zero in that component.
2)If yes then which Netweaver component is appropriate and are there enough projects in the market(India) as it makes no sense in learning and then siting on the bench.
3)Or its appropriate to learn some functional module like SD or CRM.
Thanks.

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Hi all,
I am an ABAPer withone and half years of experience.
I have worked on ALV Reports,BDC's,Enhancements,BADI's,Modulepool,Smartform.
1)Can somebody guide me if its appropriate to move to some Netweaver component as i will be starting form zero in that component.
2)If yes then which Netweaver component is appropriate and are there enough projects in the market(India) as it makes no sense in learning and then siting on the bench.
3)Or its appropriate to learn some functional module like SD or CRM.
Thanks.

Hi Sandeep,
i agree with your statement that you learn something then you should nt be sitting on bench. But here the important thing to learn is aptitude and some experience when you think of functional modules particularly. I really feel you should be going into Netweaver components for two reasons,
1) you are already a seasoned technical guy so you can easily understand the the technology.
2) yes there are many oppurtunities for Netweaver components like EP, XI now PI etc. This is your cup of tea.
You can think of getting into SD or CRM if you had some selling experience. This is not say that you cant do without that since there are already people doing it this way but the level of excellence would be different. Though excellence may be debatable but its true. This is what i feel.
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I have 7 years of experience in SAP Technical mainly in ABAP, Interface technology with ALE/EDI/IDocs, Workflows.
How best career shift in MDM considering i have not worked in SAP XI or BI and have a very little knowledge of XI.
Is SAP MDM Certification a good option to start with?
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http://www1.sap.com/services/education/catalog/netweaver/curriculum.epx?context=%5b%5bNW_MDM_SOL_BASIC%5d%5d%7c
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a little problem as I have no experience in erp before. please advise.
thank you.
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please answer these questions first:
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/30/c4461ff69d5a438f1286e344b545fa/frameset.htm
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/19/4554426dd13555e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
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Thanks in advance.
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Marcos and Sri.. Thanks for the prompt response
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I need further assistance with the following
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