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SAP BPC Certification Syllabus

The first thing that everyone who prepares for SAP BPC certification should do is to make a plan of study. It is important to cover all topics that are tested in the certification during your preparation. The study plan can and should be based on SAP BPC certification syllabus. SAP BPC certification syllabus represents a list of topics that are included in SAP BPC certification. Moreover, it has information about the relative importance of each topic (measured in the percentage of the total number of questions) and SAP training courses that will teach you about it.

The relative importance of each topic is measured in percent. For example, 10% means that 10% of all questions given at SAP BPC certification will be on this topic. In order to improve your knowledge of a particular topic, it is a good idea to take SAP training courses listed in the rightmost column or at least to study the books related to these training courses.

So, do not waste your time. Save this syllabus for your personal reference and start your preparation for SAP BPC certification according it. Good luck with your certification!

Topic Importance Official SAP Training Course(s)
Administration

Describe how to execute optimization, the difference between Light vs. Full optimization, the four areas of security: users, teams, data access profiles, task profiles, and how to best set up security, how to transport BPC objects, how to configure the three URL based drill through options: Websites, BW, and ECC and how to use drill though from Excel reports, what work status does, how to set up work states, the integration of work status with the owner property, and where to run work status reports.

> 12% BPC410 and BPC420
Dimensions

Describe dimension types, dimension properties, hierarchies, how to create dimensions, the difference between parent and base members, and how to add members manually.

> 12% BPC410, BPC420, and BPC440
Input Forms and Reports

Explain how to create EPM Excel reports and input forms, how to format, how to share a report axis, how to use the EPM options, how to set up a cross model report, how to create an input form, how to work with comments in the EPM add-in, how to configure and execute the Book Publisher, how to save files to be shared or for personal use.

> 12% BPC430 and BPC440 or BPC43E and BPC440
Models

Explain model types, which dimension types are used by each model type, how to secure dimensions, how to create models and make model settings such as for comments and data storage, and identify the BW objects created for each model.

8% – 12% BPC410, BPC420, and BPC440
Data Manager

Describe the purpose of the data manager, how to create your own packages based on delivered process chains, how to create transformation and conversion files, how to execute packages and review logs, how to use data manager packages to import both master and transaction data.

8% – 12% BPC410, BPC420, and BPC440
Logistic and Calculations

Explain how to use script logic syntax, what the default logic file does, how to execute script logic via a data manager package, how to scope data records, and how to use the script debugger, how to use EPM Functions, how to create local members in the EPM add-in, how to use EPM macros, how to create dimension member formulas, and when to use dimension member formulas.

8% – 12% BPC410, BPC420, and BPC440
Business Rules and Controls

Explain how to configure business rules including: methods, method based multipliers, eliminations and adjustments, us eliminations, inter-company booking, copy opening, currency translation, controls, and reclassification.

8% – 12% BPC410, BPC420, and BPC440
Web Client and Dashboards

Explain how to turn on data and activity audit and how to run the audit reports, create a business process flow template, create a business process flow instance, use a business process flow, the web client library, and add documents to the content library. Create document types and subtypes, workspaces and add objects to them, a dashboard to display BPC data, and run time and design time connections.

8% – 12% BPC410, BPC420, and BPC430
Consolidation Central

Describe how to execute currency translation, eliminations, the difference between incremental and full processing mode. Set and run data controls, and describe what happens when a data control fails and how to look up the root cause. Describe how to input ownership data, run ownership calculations, create journal templates, single period and multi period journals. Run journal reports.

8% – 12% BPC420 and BPC440

Make sure that you study hard before SAP Certification. To be sure in success you should go through all the topics listed in SAP BPC Certification syllabus 3-5 times. Good luck with your exam!

P.S. Would you like to test your knowledge of SAP BPC module before certification? Try sample SAP BPC Questions.

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