Application Consultant 

Technical name: SAP_SOL_AC_COMP

Tasks

Application consultants are responsible for making sure that the Business Blueprint and software configuration are tailored to the business processes and that analysis and report requirements are fulfilled. They use their knowledge of proven business procedures to support them in these tasks. Application consultants also function as advisers and work closely with the rest of the project team.

They also work in close cooperation with legacy system experts, when extraction of legacy data is necessary.

Activities in SAP Solution Manager

The main responsibilities of the application consultant include:

·        Supporting definition and modeling of business processes

·        Checking how the business model works with the SAP products

·        Configuring the software to suit the required business processes and to meet analysis and report requirements

·        Determining the global and local standardization requirements

·        Determining requirements for organizational change in the enterprise

·        Supporting knowledge transfer to other project team members

·        Supporting organization and performance of tests

·        Defining requirements for authorization profiles and access authorizations

·        Analyzing statistical performance and passing on recommendations for improvement to support

·        Creating and developing data solutions and strategies to meet the requirements of the corresponding SAP component (for example, APO, BW, CRM)

·        Creating end user training materials for the new functions

The application consultant is not responsible for:

·        The technical implementation of the solution

·        The programming of interfaces and other developments

·        Recurring problems with the quality of data (problems with data quality should be passed on to the project manager)

Notes on Tailoring

This role only contains basic functions. The following roles are available for additional authorizations:

·        SAP_BC_CUS_CUSTOMIZER contains authorizations for working with IMG activities.

The following role is useful for the application components:

·        SAP_BC_CUS_CUSTOMIZER

Integration

Application consultants are responsible for the development of business content and the documentation of operative activities in accordance with the appropriate standards. The development consultant develops customer-specific programs and their authorizations.