Ecosystem
Quick answer
Projects are delivered by partners, extended with ISV solutions, and supported by community knowledge.
Key takeaways
- Use SAP Notes and official help for authoritative answers, the SAP Community for practitioner knowledge, and the SAP Store to find…
- Implementation partners: consultancies (global and boutique) that deliver projects.
- Technology and ISV partners: vendors building solutions on and around SAP, listed in the SAP Store.
- Watch out: Building from scratch what a partner solution already provides.
The parts of the ecosystem
- Implementation partners: consultancies (global and boutique) that deliver projects.
- Technology and ISV partners: vendors building solutions on and around SAP, listed in the SAP Store.
- SAP BTP: the platform for extensions, integration and innovation.
- Communities and content: SAP Community, learning hub, documentation, and independent sites.
- Tools: Solution Manager, Signavio (process), Cloud ALM, and many third-party accelerators.
Why the ecosystem matters
Projects are delivered by partners, extended with ISV solutions, and supported by community knowledge. Knowing where to find answers (official docs, SAP Community, notes) and what partner tools exist makes you dramatically more effective.
Engaging with it
Use SAP Notes and official help for authoritative answers, the SAP Community for practitioner knowledge, and the SAP Store to find pre-built solutions before you build from scratch.
Common pitfalls
- Building from scratch what a partner solution already provides.
- Ignoring SAP Notes, the authoritative source for fixes and guidance.
- Working in isolation from the community knowledge base.
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Check your understanding
Which statement is true of Ecosystem?
- A. Knowing where to find answers (official docs, SAP Community, notes) and what partner tools exist makes you…
- B. SAP PP (Production Planning) manages manufacturing, planning what to produce, and executing and confirming…
- C. A Purchase Order (PO) is the formal document sent to a vendor to buy goods or services at agreed terms, the…
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A. Knowing where to find answers (official docs, SAP Community, notes) and what partner tools exist makes you…
Covered in the “Why the ecosystem matters” section of this lesson.
Which of these also applies to Ecosystem?
- A. Guessing instead of reading the log/dump.
- B. Implementation partners: consultancies (global and boutique) that deliver projects.
- C. Using in production without testing.
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B. Implementation partners: consultancies (global and boutique) that deliver projects.
Covered in the “The parts of the ecosystem” section of this lesson.
Which part of the Learn SAP curriculum covers Ecosystem?
- A. SAP performance tuning
- B. SAP FI
- C. Getting started
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C. Getting started
This lesson sits in the Getting started section of the Learn SAP course.