I have 3 years of experience in SAP functional consulting but

>>17848977
Interesting OP we study many different modules of SAP in school (BBA in Management Information Systems). As I'm still in school and a year from graduating my advice may not be worth much. I say go for it if its what you want to do. I don't blame you for wanting to get away from SAP.

Got any advice you'd like to share for those with similar paths as you?

>>17848977
maybe check some job boards to see what kinds of jobs are posted ?

do a search & see how many job listings returned for SAP vs analytics ?

and why change anyway ? bored ? not enough $$ ?

maybe learn analytics on your own time, keeping current job and transfer or get some new tasks ?

and why now ? why not stay with SAP another few years and then change?

>>17848988

>>17848996
Bored & not enough $$. Now the market is saturated with sap consultants.

>>17848988
Great! I'm doing Ms in MIS now.
If you are implementing something in sap, try to understand the business reason behind that. This will give you an edge. also, "you'll lose it if you don't use it" holds very true for sap.

>>17849086
Thanks man, not sure if I want to go the SAP route though. I have an internship right now and we are using IFS. We have lots of downtime so I spend a lot of time learning SQL.

Our school lets us take the TERP-10 for pretty cheap though. Last year they had a 50% pass rate, think it's worth a shot?

>>17849118
if you have work experience in SAP, nobody asks for a certificate. At least no product based company does. (However some SAP consulting firms have specific requirements on how many "Certified" consultants need to be assigned to a client's project. Only in those case, it would be useful. Also, almost all companies have their internal training programs where they refund the exam fee if you pass. If you really want to get certified, that would be a better alternative.
I don't know about IFS. However I know that learning SQL helps.You could probably learn Java too and get into Big-Data Path. Apart from SQL, if you get time, learn about ER modelling, normalization etc. That will make you a master of databases.

>>17849118
may I know which university you are studying in?

>>17849163
Oh yea we just covered that in my IS and Analysis class. We built a database, covered normalization, and the various forms of modeling. I'm thinking big data is the way to go as well.