New to SEM

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I am new to SEM and am interested in learning the module.

Can anyone suggest some good stuff to gain business knowledge which would help me once I pickup SAP functionality.

Also what are the technical concepts one need to be good in! I am in SAP for around 8 years and doing HCM functional.

I am good in SAP ECC, no little about SAP BI/BW. Is this knowledge mandatory!

Please express your thoughts.

Regards,

Bharat

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

i'm relying heavily on three transactions: RSA1, UCWB, & RRMX. i have also used ECC EC-CS CXnn transactions for compatibility reasons.

from the business point of view, you need to understand the consolidation accounting processes, which are mainly interco eliminations, goodwill, and non-controlling interests.

all this should keep you busy for many months to come.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Gregory,

Thanks for your reply.

Can you give more details. So is it a must to know BW or not!

I will take look at the above mentioned processes. Do I need to learn SAP FI/CO for any reason!

Please clarify these for me.

Regards,

Bharat

Edited by: Bharat on Nov 3, 2011 4:37 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

you don't need to know either BW or FI/CO, but the more you know about them the easier it will be for you to be comfortable with SEM-BCS. BW is more for technical reasons and EC-CS is more appropriate for business logic. EC-CS (business) consolidation concepts are implemented in SEM-BCS which is based on a different technical concept. EPM has similar functionality but is still less mature than SEM. i wouldn't be surprised if HANA moved quickly in the same direction.

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answered.