Q1 Explain an ERP?

Ans: You can easily expect a technical interview start with this question but
generally so only for freshers. Freshers are tested for theory and concepts more
than their experienced peers.

ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning is a computer-based resource used to

manage a company’s resources efficiently. It links various departments together
and gathers their data in a consolidated way to help manage all workflow and
coordination

Q2 Is there any other ERP in the market?

Ans: Yes, of course, there are a plenty of them. Microsoft Dynamics, PeopleSoft,
Siebel, JD Edwards, Baan are a few examples. Each of these ERPs has different
advantages. Apart from these, there are various other lesser known ERPs and
many SMEs tend to use them because of the cost factor.

Q3 Why did you choose a career in SAP?

Ans: An ERP is the backbone of any large organisation. Without using an ERP,
the functioning of these organisations is bound to suffer. I had always dreamt of
working in an MNC and since SAP is at the top of the ERP market, it was a no-
brainer to choose it. SAP is said to have 140,000+ installations and 25+ specific
business solutions.

Seemingly very easy, such SAP interview questions are asked to understand the
market awareness of the candidate.

Q4 What are the different modules in SAP and which one have you chosen
and why?

Ans: There are around 25 modules in SAP but the most popular ones are Financial
Accounting, Controlling, Treasury, Human Resources, Sales & Distribution,
Materials Management, Plant Maintenance, Business Warehousing, Production
Planning, Quality Management and many more.

Now, if you are answering SAP Basis interview questions or SAP Security
interview questions, you need to talk about them. You need to inform the
interviewer about your interest in the module. Be genuine here, there is no right
and wrong answer.

Q5 Does SAP have its own database management tool?

 Database Management Tools

Ans: SAP is an application that uses databases provided by other servers like
Oracle, or SQL Server. The software provided by SAP gives more power to the
user.

Q6 In SAP, how many simultaneous sessions can you have?

Ans: This is a very common SAP interview question. It helps the hiring manager
determine the level of hands-on exposure a person has with SAP applications. The
answer to this is that a user can have 6 simultaneous sessions at one time for one
client.

Q7 What is a NetWeaver and what are its uses?

Ans: In order to run multiple products from mySAP suite, an integrated platform is
used. This platform is called NetWeaver. It helps all these applications run on a
single instance.

A wonderful use of using NetWeaver is that you can access SAP data using the
web, and in a rare, case you can also use it from mobile. This means saving costs
on training clients.

Q8 Give a brief about Meta Data, Master Data and Transcation Data?

Ans: business information. This key business information includes customer

information, employee materials etc. On the other hand, data which relates to day
to day transactions is called transaction data.

Q9 What is the difference between OLAP and Data Mining?

Ans: OLAP which is the short name given to, Online Analytical Processing is a
reporting tool. It is used to understand data schema, composition facts, and
dimensions.

Data Mining, on the other hand, is a process. It is used to analyse data for
consistent patterns and even some systematic relationships between different
variables.

Q10 What do you know about different variables in SAP? If yes, mention a
few of them?
 Variables in SAP

Ans: In order to set the parameters of a query in SAP, variables are used.
Variables do not work unless queries are entered in the workbook. There different
types of variables, needless to say, that they all have different applications. Some
commonly applied ones are text, hierarchies, hierarchy nodes, formulas,
processing types, characteristics variable etc

Q11 Do you know AWB?

Ans: At this stage, the interview is going to get a bit complex. Whether it be SAP
security interview questions or SAP basis interview questions, SAP interview
questions do get harder as the interview gains momentum. Although true with all
interviews, it is important that a candidate shows wit and composure when stress
rises in the room.

AWB is generally a name given to Administrator Workbench. It is used for

monitoring, maintaining and controlling the processes connected with data staging.
Apart from this, it is also used for processing all business information warehousing.

Q12 Define BEX?

Ans: BEX or Business Explorer allows end users to locate reports. BEX has the
components BEX analyser, Bex Map and BEX Web. This allows them to view
reports, analyse information and execute queries as well. These queries can be
saved in the BEX browser.

Q13 What is the importance of ODS in BIW?

Ans: An ODS is an object that serves to store debugged and other consolidated
transaction data on a document level. An ODS helps to define a consolidated
dataset from single or multiple sources. Such datasets can be evaluated with the
help of Infoset queries or even bex queries.

ODS objects can be updated with a delta update to other ODS object or InfoCubes,
within the same system or even across systems. Data in ODS objects are stored
in transparent flat database tables.

Q14 What is the primary difference between Domain and Data Element?

Ans: Data Element is an intermediate object that is placed between domain and
table type. Domain, on the other hand, defines the attributes like type, possible
value range and length.
Q15 What are the different layers in R/3 system?

Ans: There are three main layers in R/3 system;

 Presentation Layer
 Database Layer
 Application Layer

Q16 What is an extended star schema?

Ans: A common question in SAP interviews, the star schema is an amalgam of

fact tables and dimension tables. Separate tables are used to store master data
and these tables have reference to characteristics in dimension tables. Exactly
these separate tables are called extended star schema.

Q17 What are the different types of source systems in SAP?

Ans: The four main types of source systems in SAP are:

1. SAP BW
2. Flat Files
3. SAP R/3 Source System
4. External Systems

Q18 What is the most important benefit of reporting with BW?

Ans: While comparing BW and R/3, it is clear that BW helps in better reporting.
This is due to the fact that BW uses OLAP or data warehouse concepts for analysis
and storage. On the other hand, R/3 is more useful in transaction processing. BW
thus makes a similar form of analysis easier and this is the main benefit of reporting
with BW.

Q19 What is an Extractor?

Ans: Extractors are data retrieval mechanisms. They lie in the SAP source system.
It is used to fill the extract structure of a data source with data obtained from the
source system datasets of SAP.

Q20 What are pooled tables?

Ans: Pooled tables is a simple concept, they are used to store and control data.
When many pooled tables are united, they form a table pool. The difference
between pooled tables and tabled pools is that table pool is a table on a database
in which all the records of some specifically assigned pooled tables are stored. So
pooled tables come within the purview of table pool.

It might seem like SAP interview questions at times are too easy to answer. But in
reality, many people miss very obvious answers due to the pressure of the
interview. In this article, we have tried to list the most frequent SAP interview
questions in order to make you more comfortable for an interview.

Q21 Are of aware of the three main stages of data mining?

Data Mining

Ans: There are three main stages of data mining, which include, initial exploration,
model building and finally deployment.

Q22 What is the way to create a table in a given data dictionary?

Ans: It is done in three easy steps. First, you need to create domains that define
data type, field length, and range. Then you move to create data elements which
clarify the properties and type for a data field. Finally, you move on to creating
tables.

Q23 What does a .sca file mean?

Ans: SAP Component Archive or .sca file is used to deploy Java components,
pathes or other java related developments. They are in the form of .sca, .sda, .war
or .jar.

Q24 What are the most common transport errors that you can come across?

Ans: There are numerous transport errors, but the most common ones in
occurrence are:

1. Return Code 4
2. Return Code 8
3. Return Code 12
4. Return Code 18

Q25 What does an update type with reference to a match-code ID mean?

Ans: Whenever the data in base tables of a match-code ID gets changed, it needs
updating. In this instance, the update type tells us about the time when the match-
code needs updating and also clarifies how to do it. Another important function of
the match-code is that it defines the method which is to be used for building match-
codes.