SAP Job Role Encyclopedia

SAP Job Role Encyclopedia knowledge, organized for understanding.

What SAP consultants, analysts, developers and other roles actually do.

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Career Foundation · Beginner

What Does an SAP Consultant Actually Do?

See the work behind discovery, process understanding, solution design, testing, go-live and support.

Role Comparison · Beginner

Functional Consultant vs Technical Consultant in SAP

Compare business-process and configuration work with technical solution, integration and troubleshooting responsibilities.

Role Comparison · Beginner

Implementation Consultant vs Support Consultant in SAP

Compare project implementation work with production support, incidents, change requests and ongoing improvement.

Role Comparison · Beginner

SAP End User vs SAP Consultant

Compare day-to-day business use of SAP with the process, configuration, implementation and support responsibilities of consultants.

Career Foundation · Beginner

What Entry-Level SAP Roles Look Like

Understand realistic junior SAP work across functional, technical, testing, data, support and business-analysis roles.

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Topics this hub is organized around.

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Functional Consultant

Business process analysis, solution design, configuration and testing.

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Technical Consultant / Developer

Development, extensions, interfaces and technical solution delivery.

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Business Analyst

Requirements, process analysis and business-to-technology translation.

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Solution Architect

Cross-solution design, integration and enterprise architecture decisions.

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Basis, Security & Data Roles

Platform operations, access, data and specialist technical responsibilities.

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