Technical SAP consultant vs. functional SAP consultant
What is the difference between a functional and a technical SAP
consultant?
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This is a basic question but an important one if you are looking at careers in SAP. Technical
SAP consultants are generally either programmers or systems administrators, whereas functional
consultants bring value by combining particular business process knowledge, such as financial
knowledge, with the "know-how" of configuring the aspect of SAP that pertains to that process
knowledge. So for example, a functional SAP FI consultant generally has a financials background,
and understands how to configure the FI tables in accordance with a user's business
processes.
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This was first published in May 2005