My Journey to SAP BI 7.

0 Certification
I cleared my C_TBW45_70: SAP Certified Application Associate- Business Intelligencewith SAP
NetWeaver 7.0 certification on May 2012.
Prelude: I prepared for the certification for around 4 months reading and understanding each
topic. This blog is the result of that. I covered the books prescribed by SAP as I mentioned
here http://anjalisapbi.blogspot.in/2012/02/sap-certified-application-associate.html
For APD and IP topics I read this book. I found this book concise and easy to understand.

The Exam Day!

The exam was scheduled for 9.00 am and after a few technical glitches started half an hour
late. We were permitted to take only the confirmation letter send by SAP to the exam hall. We
were given couple of sheets of paper, pen, and a bottle of water.
There were 80 questions and in the initial screens it was mentioned that the pass percentage for
BI certification was 66%. Most of the questions had more than 1 correct answer. If 3 correct
answers are expected, you need to get all the 3 of them correct for scoring 1 mark. There are
no partial correct marks. The other type was True/False and a few fill in the blanks. The
number of answers correct are clearly mentioned along with the questions, like 3 correct
answers.

The exam was divided into around 10 sections (forgot how many!) and each section had around
3 to 15 questions. APD had the least number of questions. From IP there were around 6-7
questions. Majority of the questions were from the reporting topics. I could complete the exam
by around 2 hours, didnt find it too difficult.
I clicked the submit button around 21/2 hours to the exam. Fingers Crossed!!
After a few seconds I saw Congratulations .which was followed by a report giving %
correct scores for each of above sections.
After 2 weeks, I received a confirmation mail from SAP and the address to dispatch the
Certificate was also enquired. In another 2 weeks I received it.
Overall a wonderful experience!! Best of luck if you are writing one!

SAP Certified Application Associate- Business Intelligence with SAP

NetWeaver 7.0

Certification Test

SAP Certified Application Associate- Business Intelligence with SAP NetWeaver 7.0
Booking Code
C_TBW45_70
This certification test verifies the knowledge in the area of the SAP NetWeaver Business
Intelligence solution for the consultant profile SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence. This
certificate builds on the basic knowledge gained by a BI Consultant and preferably refined
by practical experience within a BI team and the Consultant can implement this knowledge
of the specialist areas practically in projects.
Software
SAP NetWeaver 7.0
Number of Questions
80
Duration
180
Notes
To ensure success, SAP recommends combining education courses and hands-on experience to
prepare for your certification exam as questions will test your ability to apply the knowledge
you have gained in training.
You are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to
online documentation or to any SAP system).

Competency Areas
The following list helps you to identify the competency areas covered in this test. The
percentage indicates the portion of the test dedicated to a particular competency area.
Weighting per Topic (not listed for all exams):
+ = <8%
++ = 8-12%
+++ = >12%
1. Topic Importance : 40%
Competency
Build, implement, configure, model, and troubleshoot solutions and processes in...
Primary Material : TBW42, TBW10
Alternative Material : BW350, BW310
Data Flow (Transformation, InfoSources, DataSources) +
Primary Material : TBW10
Alternative Material : BW310
InfoObjects +
InfoProvider (InfoCubes, MultiProviders, VirtualProvider, DataStore Objects, InfoSets,
InfoObjects, Direct Access) ++
Primary Material : TBW20
Alternative Material : BW305
BEx Analyzer +
BEx Query Designer ++
Primary Material : TBW42
Alternative Material : BW350
Source Systems (UD Connect, Service API, Flat File, DB Connect) ++
2. Topic Importance : 60%
Competency
Articulate, explain, describe, and outline solutions and processes in
Primary Material : TBW45
Alternative Material : BW370
Integrated Planning ++
Primary Material : TBW41
Alternative Material : BW380
Analysis Process Designer +

Primary Material : TBW10, TBW42

Alternative Material : BW310, BW330
Meta Data (Meta Data Repository,Remodeling Toolbox,BI Content) +
Primary Material : TBW20
Alternative Material : BW305
BEx Web (BEx Web Application Designer,BEx Map,Web Printing,BEx Web Analyzer) ++
Primary Material : TBW42
Alternative Material : BW306
Documents +
Primary Material : TBW41, TBW42
Alternative Material : BW350
Development Interfaces (UD Integration,Web Services) +
Primary Material : TBW10
Alternative Material : BW310, BW360
Performance Tuning (Aggregates,Query Performance,BI Accelerator) +
Primary Material : TBW41, TBW42
Alternative Material : BW350
Scheduling & Monitoring (Process Chains,Data Transfer Process,Real Time Data
Acquisition,Data Load Monitor) +
Primary Material : TBW10
Alternative Material : BW310
Data Warehousing (Data Warehousing Workbench) +
Primary Material : TBW42
Alternative Material : BW330
Data Modelling +
Primary Material : TBW42
Alternative Material : BW306
BEx Broadcaster +
BEx Report Designer +
for SAP BI u can get the books from slideshare or 4shared dot com..
The list of books:
TBW10

TBW20
TBW41
TBW42
TBW45
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