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In this blog, you will find some personal suggestions about the ABAP specialisation exam.

For the posts about the SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 exams, see

For the posts about the SAP Business Technology (SAP Cloud Platform) exams, see

For the posts about SAP NetWeaver (SAP BASIS) exam, see

About braindumps and cheat sheets, see

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Once you passed the exam, you will receive a digital badge from Acclaim

See the FAQ for more information about SAP Global Certification Digital badges.

About the Exam 


Associate Level


Information about the exam is published on the SAP Training website. This is also where you can book the exam (or get a certification hub subscription)

There are multiple types of certifications:

  • TEC = Technology (system administration)

  • IMP = Application (implementation, here modeling)

  • DEV = Development (native development)

  • AW = ABAP 

  • BW = Business Warehouse

  • ADM = SAP (NetWeaver) BASIS administration


The levels are

  • C = Associate (consultant)

  • E = Associate add-on (expert)

  • P = Professional


Surprisingly, as "add-on" the certificate has no fixed prerequisite. A Certified Development Associate - ABAP with SAP NetWeaver certification is "highly recommended" (but not required).

Validity


You can check the validity of the certifications at training.sap.com/certification/validity.

Earlier editions of this exam

For the certification FAQs, see


Topic Areas


Information about the topic areas covered is also listed on the exam information page.

Note the small print: SAP reserves the right to update the exam content (topics, items, weighting) at any time. So make sure to check the page before applying.

Major Topics > 12%



  • Implications of SAP HANA on ABAP Programming

  • Guided Performance Analysis

  • Integration of SAP HANA Coding into ABAP Programs


Topics 8% - 12%



  • SAP HANA Basics and Technical Concepts

  • SAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver

  • SAP HANA Information Models and Database Procedures

  • ABAP Programming based on SAP HANA Artifacts



What's New


The exam has been updated for the latest SAP HANA 2.0 SPS 05 release with some reshuffling of exam topics and relative weight.


How to Prepare


SAP Training


When you have the time and budget, take the SAP Training courses. Nothing beats a 2 week+ focus with hands-on exercises and training environment.

Most of the topic areas point to the HA400 course for which course prerequisite and recommendations are listed.

Course prerequisites for HA400

Recommended courses for HA400

SAP Learning Hub


Alternatively, consider a subscription for the SAP Learning Hub and/or Certification Hub. There is a trial edition available for you to try it out.

Learning Journey


The learning journey shows a visualisation of the courses to take. You can logon and mark your progress.

Although most courses are listed, the learning path does not map exactly to the exam guide.


The tiles for each of the courses show the available formats: classroom and e-books.

SAP Help Portal (Free)


There is a lot of documentation related to ABAP but there is no guide dedicated to the exam topic areas.

openSAP (Free)


Although not the most recent material, there is an openSAP course available specific to the topic.

For upcoming, running, and past courses about ABAP, see the openSAP course catalog

SAP Community (Free)


Bookmark and visit the SAP Community topic area for the latest blogs, participate in the Q&A, and get a comprehensive overview of the latest and most relevant resources

For earlier blog post on the topic, see

There are many other excellent blog posts about ABAP on SAP HANA, here is a selection of the more recent posts (but there are many others).

You can follow authors like carine.tchoutouodjomo or the topic area ABAP Development to stay up to date.



SAP Development Center (Free)


Although the focus is on the ABAP platform, there is a lot of relevant information and tutorials available on the SAP Development Center



SAP PRESS


There is no SAP PRESS SAP Certification Success Guide for the E_HANAAW_17 exam (yet).

The available exam guide concerns the SAP Certified Development Associate - ABAP with SAP NetWeaver certification [C_TAW12_750].

There are many publications about ABAP from SAP PRESS. A good place to start are the development guides.

For the list of all ABAP publications, see



Sample Questions


On the exam page, there is a link to a sample exam similar to the real one from




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Over the years, for the SAP HANA Academy, SAP’s Partner Innovation Lab, and à titre personnel, I have written a little over 300 posts here for the SAP Community. Some articles only reached a few readers. Others attracted quite a few more.For your reading pleasure and convenience, here is a curated list of posts which somehow managed to pass the 10k-view mile stone and, as sign of current interest, still tickle the counters each month.


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