Hi SAP Gurus/Experts/Friends and Colleagues,
I am looking for doing something is SAP as my career. However I am a pretty confused with the so many SAP products. I am giving you following details along with my queries and confusion.
Academic Qualification
CA Intermidiate
B.Com (Hons)
Commerce with Maths
* Always been good in practical subjects like Accounts, Mathematics & Income Tax...etc.
Work Qualification
8 years plus experience in Accounting domain for General Accounting- Profile Closing Reporting and Reconciliation
Skills & Behavior
1) Good with numbers however I am good with number not because I like but because I am good with Logical Thinking.
2) Pretty good with Excel in terms of speed and logical thinking over data
3) Although I am from accounting background but I am always inclined towards IT more I grab and learn and understand computer interface very quickly. Something which I see if its related to computer grabs in my mind so quick I guess its all because of my love towards IT
4) People in my team call me tech guru/ excel guru/as I always possess more information for IT related stuff and help them in that regard. For all my computer related knowledge is not from any course but from practical learning from people like you who taught me and guided me.
5) Little knowledge about VBA. Can create macros, read VBA code a little bit and mould it for my own use. However not in a great scale or indepth level.
6) I get bore doing same kind of work and need some breath and a slight change after every 1.5 years or so.. and urge gets in to learn something new or new task or new research is the major reason.
7) I love to learn stuff if it is related to IT specially.
8) My team says I am a great teacher as well coz the way I explain them is not taught by any one else. Believe me I have got to know this from many. This is because when I understand thing I understand it in some way and I teach them the same way and help them to answer their own.
Now I read forum contains peoples views on SAP hot module. Many people has advised to do SAP HANA,BI and BO along with some functional module. Can you please help If I am capable to learn HANA, BI and BO. What basic programming language need to learn to understand HANA, BI and BO better? I thought BI and BO same. Aint it? and it it easy to get expertise in HANA, BI and BO.
From some goggling I got to know I should be doing SAP FICO and I downloaded videos for SAP FICO. Not to offend any one and sorry for my little knowledge. What I understood and observed is that its like creating companies books in SAP. Like creating company, entity currency, fiscal calender, assigning rights, chart of accounts etc. Its seems easy and a little monotonous to me. Where there is no scope for research or learning. Like if anything or any account is behaving wrong I cannot see what could went wrong in back end because of which its an error or like this. Here what support people come into picture.
I am looking to learn and make my career in module where Either I have been assigned some SAP project and instructed me to work on it complete and then move it to next assignments for more learning and challenges. OR I am employed by any company for support like one of my friend which is basically from IT and is having experience in database administration for Linux based accounting software called Putty in Australia and on long term assignment in support for Client called Woolworths (big known company) in Sydney for 2-3 years. I am not saying I need out of country job but where I can works as a support team. An another little known frnd works in wipro and is in SAP BI.. haven't got much to hear from him but he says he works on something called crystal reports and now gets a good salary package and small support assignments as well.
This is the maximum I could elaborate my dilemma.
I request everyone to find sometime to read this and help me to guide over my confusion. I would appreciate your valuable suggestion to build my career in SAP.
Regards
Rahul