Whether you want to expand your personal curriculum or your goal is to become a consultant for your company’s Support Center for SAP BusinessObjects, taking the Incident Managent with SAP BusinessObjects exam (booking code C_BOSUP_90) is a key step that you must take in order to become a certified consultant in this area.
If you have ever tried to obtain a SAP certification before, you will probably be familiar with the feeling of not knowing where to start or which strategy to take in order to study for the exam as efficiently as possible. It becomes a challenge to learn how to combine your study time with the normal day-to-day tasks from work. Therefore, what I will try to share here is a suggested path of study, based on my own experience, to face the Incident Managent with SAP BusinessObjects exam, required to become a certified SAP BusinessObjects Support Consultant.
Lo que debe hacer antes de presentar el examen
In order to become a certified SAP BusinessObjects Support Consultant, you must first approve the Web Assessment Tests for several of BusinessObjects’ key areas, such as WebIntelligence, Universe Designer, BI Root Cause Analysis, among others. The materials for these tests are listed as Required in the Learning Plans that can be found in SAP Channel Partner Portal / Education / SAP BusinessObjects / Role-Based Training / Support Consultants. They are free of charge and relatively easy to undertake.
¿De qué trata este examen?
So, first of all we need to know the details and structure of the exam (that can also be found in the following link of SAP Training Site: C_BOSUP_90 Detalles de la reserva). Basically, it consists of 80 questions to be answered in 180 minutes. The questions are focused in proving that “the candidate has a good overall understanding within this support consultant profile, and can apply this knowledge practically in the handling of client messages under guidance of an experienced support consultant”.
Además, debe tener en cuenta que esta prueba está estrechamente relacionada con la herramienta SAP Solution Manager, por lo que es muy recomendable tener este producto instalado en su empresa o, al menos, encontrar una manera de obtener conocimientos prácticos.
¿En qué áreas debe centrarse?
Como en todos los exámenes, la mejor sugerencia es leer todo el material de aprendizaje requerido al menos una vez. Por lo tanto, me parece más útil en este momento para resaltar los temas contenidos en la mayoría de los documentos en los que debe centrarse más en profundidad.
- Resolución de mensajes, análisis de problemas y suministro de soluciones al cliente:
- One of the key documents that you will find in the learning material is the L1220 – Message Solving. Here you should pay attention to the technical terms and SAP definitions explained since several questions are based on this part.
- Even more important is the L1225 – Efficient Message Solving document, you must carefully read each Typical Situation given and the type of answers, information gathered and interactions that are recommended to have with a customer in each situation.
- Procesamiento de mensajes: Esta sección no debe confundirse con el tema Resolución de mensajes, ya que se refieren a diferentes partes del proceso de soporte.
- The L1260 – Message Processing document contains several exam questions, so be sure to understand the different workflows in and out of Partner working hours, the different message statuses and how to access SAP Notes. Also, you will have some questions covered if you memorize the different SAP transactions that are explained and learn how to gather customer information before sending it to SAP Support Backbone when necessary.
- On the other hand, the L1270 – Message Processing via Work Center and the L1275 – How to create a message documents contain a lot of information regarding the basic workflows of SAP Solution Manager and its Work Center. It is advisable to have a correct understanding of all of them since some questions are related to this.
- VAR Servicio técnico:
- In the L0120 – VAR Support enablement program document you should understand the key vocabulary explained as well as the tasks and responsibilities of employees in a VAR Support Team.
- Also, the L0125 – Incident Management is a very important document where understanding the three task levels, the message flow and how High Priority messages are attended is absolutely key.
- Finally, in L0155 – Mission Critical special attention must be given to the Service Level Agreements (SLA) in order to domain under which terms with SAP you will be operating as a Support Consultant.
- Using SAP Enterprise Support: In the Providing Solutions section of the exam’s learning plan you will find a document that comes without a code, called SAP Service and Support. It refers basically of how partners benefit from SAP Service and Support, so at least you should give it a good read to ensure two or three questions from the exam.
- Comprensión básica de SAP Solution Manager: Esta sección es un complemento de procesamiento de mensajes.
- The L2220 – EarlyWatch, Service Level and Solution Reporting is practically summarized in the document that I will explain next. However, give attention to understand definitions and transactions as well as understanding EarlyWatch Alert general purpose and type of alerts.
- The last document with key information that you will encounter is the L2225 – Early Watch Alert, Overview. Several exam questions are related to its content, so understand the differences between EarlyWatch Alert and EarlyWatch Check, the frequency of both of them, how the checks are performed and finally, how the checks are included in the support agreement.
Conclusiones finales
As always, it is recommended to see a set of sample questions to have a more practical idea of what is coming up. You can find some examples in the following link of SAP Education: C_BOSUP_90 Samples Questions
En mi experiencia personal, diría que este no es el examen de certificación más difícil que ofrece SAP, por lo que realmente le gustaría animar a leer todo el contenido al menos una vez y luego centrarse en los temas clave mencionados anteriormente y que dejaría Usted está muy bien posicionado para obtener un resultado exitoso.
Espero que este artículo demuestre ser útil para obtener una comprensión general sobre cómo abordar este examen, y espero que le ayudará a convertirse en un nuevo Consultor de Soporte SAP BusinessObjects! ¡Buena suerte!
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