SAP S/4HANA SD study plan
SAP S/4HANA SD · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Sales & Business Partner
Map the end-to-end order-to-cash flow and label where each of the five exam domains appears
Set up a personal business partner (customer) with sold-to, ship-to, bill-to and payer roles and explain what each role controls
Explain how partner determination procedures in sales documents decide which partner functions are required versus optional
Differentiate the four standard sales document categories (inquiry, quotation, order, contract) by purpose and document flow behavior
Your checkpoint
A hand-drawn order-to-cash diagram with partner roles and document categories labeled, plus a 15-question self-quiz scored at 80% or better
Sales
Distinguish sales document types by their reference behavior and number ranges, and state which control fields drive copying
Explain how item categories are determined from document type plus item category group, and predict the item category for given material master settings
Describe schedule line categories and how they drive delivery scheduling and availability transfer
Trace a complete document flow from inquiry through quotation, order, delivery and billing and name the controlling fields at each handoff
Configure the logic of an incompletion procedure and list three completion criteria you would enforce on a standard order
Your checkpoint
A written matrix of five sales document types with item category, schedule line category and copying requirements, validated by a 25-question Sales-domain quiz at 75% or better
Pricing
Explain the condition technique architecture and the role of each of its seven elements
Build a pricing procedure from scratch on paper: steps, counters, condition types, and calculation bases
Differentiate condition types by category (base price, discount, surcharge, freight, tax) and by calculation type
Explain access sequences and predict which condition record a system selects given a sequence of tables and requirement routines
Your checkpoint
A complete written pricing procedure with at least 8 steps, each annotated with condition type, calculation type and access sequence
Pricing & Sales
Explain how pricing procedures are determined for a sales area and document type, and list the fields that can restrict the determination
Trace how condition exclusion groups resolve competing condition records
Describe pricing-relevant special cases: condition supplements, group conditions, and header versus item conditions
Explain how the pricing date and exchange rate are determined and where they are configured
Diagnose three common pricing errors and state the configuration object to inspect for each
Your checkpoint
A troubleshooting checklist covering five pricing failure modes, each mapped to a configuration object, plus a 30-question Pricing quiz at 80% or better
Billing
Differentiate billing types by reference document, and explain invoice date and posting date derivation rules
Explain how billing plans (milestone and periodic) generate dates and how they interact with billing due list
Describe the billing due list and how a collective billing run selects and processes documents
Trace the copying controls from delivery to invoice, naming which fields come from the header versus the item
Your checkpoint
A one-page comparison of four billing types showing reference document, copying requirements and date rules
Billing & Delivery
Explain the relationship between goods issue, billing, and the resulting financial postings in a standard flow
Describe how billing document cancellation and reversal work, including which document determines the reversal posting
Explain settlement of a billing plan and the difference between an invoice-related and a delivery-related billing scenario
Identify the account determination dependencies that cause billing to fail and state the diagnostic path
Describe credit memo and debit memo request processing as it flows into billing
Your checkpoint
A six-step written trace of one delivery through goods issue, invoice creation and reversal, with the affected document numbers and postings listed
Delivery
Explain delivery document types and how delivery item categories are determined from the sales order item
Describe the availability check: checking group, checking rule, scope of check, and the difference between confirmed quantity and requested quantity
Explain picking, packing and goods issue posting, and what blocks a delivery from being goods-issued
Trace how delivery splits occur and which criteria drive them
Describe shipping point determination and the organizational fields it depends on
Your checkpoint
A written availability-check flow from checking group and rule through confirmed quantity, plus a 20-question Delivery quiz at 80% or better
Sales & Pricing & Billing & Delivery & Business Partner
Integrate the five domains by tracing two full scenarios: a standard order with discount and freight, and a returns order with credit memo
Re-test every weak area flagged in earlier quizzes and close each gap to 80% or better
Memorize the configuration node path for each domain so you can locate any setting within three steps
Explain the five most commonly confused concept pairs (item category vs. item category group, billing type vs. billing plan, condition type vs. condition record, checking rule vs. scope of check, partner function vs. partner role)
Your checkpoint
Two full written end-to-end scenario traces plus a 60-question mixed mock exam scored at 85% or better
Milestones
Week 2: Explain, without notes, how document type plus item category group produces an item category, and score 75%+ on a 25-question Sales quiz
Week 4: Reconstruct a working pricing procedure with access sequences from memory in under 15 minutes, and score 80%+ on a 30-question Pricing quiz
Week 6: Trace a delivery through goods issue to invoice and reversal with correct document references, and score 80%+ on a combined Billing and Delivery quiz
Week 8: Score 85%+ on a timed 60-question mixed mock exam weighted 35/25/25/15/5 across Sales, Pricing, Billing, Delivery and Business Partner