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After review various SAP carrer paths, I choose to switch my career from Oracle Developer to SAP XI ..

I like to dedicate next 3 months to learn XI as much as possible and hoping to get XI certified ..

I checked out XI documentation at SAP library and seems very useful.

I don't have access to any of the SAP software and seems its difficult to learn just by documentation ..

I appreciate advice from XI experts on

1. where to start and what are all free avaliable sources to learn & master XI

2. Is it worth spending on XI training by SAP AG

3. What's the best XI training avaliable in US other than by SAP AG

4. Any CBTs on XI avaliable ?

5. How is the XI job market and what are the expections from XI consultant by XI implementing companies/clients ..

Thanks a lot in advance for all replies .. I definetly award points for all valuable replies..

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Hi,

Please refer this link for learning XI details:

Regards,

Subhasha Ranjan

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Answers (8)

Former Member
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Thanks every one ..

I really felt, members here are very helpful.

I will be around here for quite some time

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Hi AP

>>1. where to start and what are all free avaliable sources to learn & master XI

According to me the best links to learn XI as follows

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

>> 2. Is it worth spending on XI training by SAP AG

100% Yes....Go head

>>3. What's the best XI training avaliable in US other than by SAP AG

Pls...search in the google but still the bset is SAP AG

>>4. Any CBTs on XI avaliable ?

Yes....but the best material is

TBIT 40,41,42,43,44 by SAP AG

>> 5. How is the XI job market and what are the expections from XI consultant

by XI implementing companies/clients ..

XI market is very good with ABAP background

ABAP Exp + XI is really good than Java exp...

And the job details as follows based on the role

XI Architect:

- Focus on experience on previous projects

- Convert business/functional requirements in technical specifications

- Prepare the solution Roadmap

- Design the integration process

- Pass technical specification to XI developers

XI Developer:

- starts from technical specification

- create design and configuration objects- execute unit tests

- support integration/stress tests

- document the developments

XI Administrator:

- Install and configure XI server

- Create SLD objects.

- Schedule and check maintenance jobs (archiving, deletion, tuning)

- Assign user roles/auth.

- Create CMS Transport Track

XI Consultant:

depending on the role it could be a developer, an architect or an administrator but generally it is an architect with developments skills as well, and overall a great experience.

Note:

Oracle Developer to SAP XI

Try to learn the basics of ABAP and JAVA ...this will really

help you lot.

All the best and welcome to the XI world

regards

--- prasad

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Hi Andhrapradesh,

Well, The decision is good.

Let me address to your questions..

1)<b>where to start and what are all free avaliable sources to learn & master XI</b>

There is no default or free server where you can connect and practice XI.You need to pay for that.

2<b>)Is it worth spending on XI training by SAP AG</b>

Absolutely, it is good idea if you have enough money to spend on this.Even if you spent you will get good return as knowledge.

3) <b>What's the best XI training avaliable in US other than by SAP AG</b>

I think there is no good training Instititue in US other than SAP AG.

4) <b>Any CBTs on XI avaliable ?</b>

Best one is SDN

5) <b>How is the XI job market and what are the expections from XI consultant by XI implementing companies/clients</b>

I can say very good market now in US.

so, I would suggest you to start learning XI as much as you can and start searching jobs and work sometime in india and move where ever you want.

Hope I am clear.

Please let me know if you have any queries..!

Thanks and Regards,

Chandu...

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Hi,

>>1. where to start and what are all free avaliable sources to learn & master XI

Go on the thread as I have mentioned in my earlier reply. Also go thorugh various links available on SDN. Check out the homepage of XI on SDN where it is mentioned as XI Knowledge Center by going here:

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/xi">https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/xi</a>

>>2. Is it worth spending on XI training by SAP AG

SAP AG is the best place to learn it. But I will suggest you that first go thorugh the various documents available on SDN to understand basics of XI and then go for training. It will help you to get the best from the training.

>>3. What's the best XI training avaliable in US other than by SAP AG

<a href="http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/course.asp?cid=60174678">http://www50.sap.com/useducation/curriculum/course.asp?cid=60174678</a>

>>4. Any CBTs on XI avaliable ?

Yes, search for it on SDN, SAP Website and also visit e-learning section

>>5. How is the XI job market and what are the expections from XI consultant by XI implementing companies/clients ..

Job of XI market on its top and booming like anything. As an XI consultant company will expect from you that do all the task of data migration/data transfer from other platform and many more.

Regards,

Subhasha Ranjan

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Hi,

1. where to start and what are all free avaliable sources to learn & master XI

Hi you can start from file to file scenario.

and see the below links order wise , sure you will be the master of XI

2. Is it worth spending on XI training by SAP AG

Yes , but tooexpensive, if you are able to spend , it is better to do and also get certifed

3. What's the best XI training avaliable in US other than by SAP AG

I think American SAP group. also vailable , but not sure, my idea is SAP AG is better.

4. Any CBTs on XI avaliable ?

yes

5. How is the XI job market and what are the expections from XI consultant by XI implementing companies/clients ..

it is now , very big demand..

see below links

XI --- Links copied

http://help.sap.com

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

then practice the following scenario's you will get every thing about XI

1. Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part I /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

2. Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part II /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

3. Aspirant to learn SAP XI...You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part III /people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

and once you are through ...follow the following links to weblogs which explain all the basic scenarios in XI

Following are the links to weblogs which will help to develop the basic scenarios.

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/08/introduction-to-idoc-xi-file-scenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starters - IDoc to File

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/03/14/abap-proxies-in-xiclient-proxy - ABAP Proxy to File

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/06/01/file-to-jdbc-adapter-using-sap-xi-30 - File to JDBC

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/14/file-to-r3-via-abap-proxy - File to ABAP Proxy

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/02/introduction-to-simplefile-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart1 - File to File Part 1

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2 - File to File Part 2

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/06/24/convert-any-flat-file-to-any-idoc-java-mapping - Any flat file to any Idoc

/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/27/rfc-scenario-using-bpm--starter-kit - File to RFC

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1685 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - File to Mail

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/20/dynamic-file-name-using-xi-30-sp12-part--i - Dynamic File Name Part 1

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/28/dynamic-file-namexslt-mapping-with-java-enhancement-using-xi-30-sp12-part-ii - Dynamic File Name Part 2

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/03/07/mail-adapter-xi--how-to-implement-dynamic-mail-address - Dynamic Mail Address

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/25/understanding-message-flow-in-xi - Message Flow in XI

/people/krishna.moorthyp/blog/2005/06/09/walkthrough-with-bpm - Walk through BPM

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/22/schedule-your-bpm - Schedule BPM

/people/sriram.vasudevan3/blog/2005/01/11/demonstrating-use-of-synchronous-asynchronous-bridge-to-integrate-synchronous-and-asynchronous-systems-using-ccbpm-in-sap-xi - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1403 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/22/xi-maintain-rfc-destinations-centrally - Maintain RFC destination centrally

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/18/triggering-e-mails-to-shared-folders-of-sap-is-u - Triggering Email from folder

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/17/outbound-idocs--work-around-using-party - Handling different partners for IDoc

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/27/modeling-integration-scenario146s-in-xi - Modeling Integration Scenario in XI

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/25/xi-sending-a-message-without-the-use-of-an-adapter-not-possible - Testing of integration process

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/05/25/xi-how-to-add-authorizations-to-repository-objects - Authorization in XI

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/58/d22940cbf2195de10000000a1550b0/content.htm - Authorization in XI

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--step-by-step - Alert Configuration

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--troubleshooting-guide - Trouble shoot alert config

/people/sameer.shadab/blog/2005/09/21/executing-unix-shell-script-using-operating-system-command-in-xi - Call UNIX Shell Script

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/11/02/overview-of-transition-from-dev-to-qa-in-xi - Transport in XI

/people/r.eijpe/blog/2005/11/04/using-abap-xslt-extensions-for-xi-mapping - Using ABAP XSLT Extensions for XI Mapping

/people/prasad.ulagappan2/blog/2005/06/07/mail-adapter-scenarios-150-sap-exchange-infrastructure - Mail Adaptor options

/people/pooja.pandey/blog/2005/07/27/idocs-multiple-types-collection-in-bpm - Collection of IDoc to Single File

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/17/xi-controlling-access-to-sensitive-interfaces - Controlling access to Sensitive Interfaces

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/10/xi-the-same-filename-from-a-sender-to-a-receiver-file-adapter--sp14 - The same filename from a sender to a receiver file adapter - SP14

/people/prasad.illapani/blog/2005/11/14/payload-based-message-search-in-xi30-using-trex-engine - Payload Based Message Search in XI30 using Trex Engine

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/24/xi-configuring-ccms-monitoring-for-xi-part-i - XI : Configuring CCMS Monitoring for XI- Part I

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/23/xi-html-e-mails-from-the-receiver-mail-adapter - XI: HTML e-mails from the receiver mail adapter

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/22/xi-faqs-provided-by-sap-updated - XI : FAQ's Provided by SAP

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/25/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-i

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/26/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-ii

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2006/12/27/aspirant-to-learn-sap-xiyou-won-the-jackpot-if-you-read-this-part-iii

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/80/8e3841e26cef23e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/xi?rid=/webcontent/uuid/a680445e-0501-0010-1c94-a8c4a... [original link is broken]

Regards

Chilla..

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I was going through the thread and came to know that there are CBT's available for XI, Does anyone know how much it costs for the CBT's, Or does anyone have the CBT's that you can share? please email them to faqsap@yahoo.com .

Thank you

Venkat

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Hi,

Moving to SAP XI is definitely a good choice if you have idea of working with Java and a bit of ABAP.

You can start learning XI by going through the below links..

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/06/28/xipi-faq-frequently-asked-questions - XI Faq

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/08/introduction-to-idoc-xi-file-scenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starters - IDoc to File

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/03/14/abap-proxies-in-xiclient-proxy - ABAP Proxy to File

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/06/01/file-to-jdbc-adapter-using-sap-xi-30 - File to JDBC

/people/prateek.shah/blog/2005/06/14/file-to-r3-via-abap-proxy - File to ABAP Proxy

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/02/introduction-to-simplefile-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart1 - File to File Part 1

/people/venkat.donela/blog/2005/03/03/introduction-to-simple-file-xi-filescenario-and-complete-walk-through-for-starterspart2 - File to File Part 2

/people/ravikumar.allampallam/blog/2005/06/24/convert-any-flat-file-to-any-idoc-java-mapping - Any flat file to any Idoc

/people/arpit.seth/blog/2005/06/27/rfc-scenario-using-bpm--starter-kit - File to RFC

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1685 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - File to Mail

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/20/dynamic-file-name-using-xi-30-sp12-part--i - Dynamic File Name Part 1

/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/28/dynamic-file-namexslt-mapping-with-java-enhancement-using-xi-30-sp12-part-ii - Dynamic File Name Part 2

/people/pooja.pandey/blog/2005/07/27/idocs-multiple-types-collection-in-bpm - Collection of IDoc to Single File

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/03/07/mail-adapter-xi--how-to-implement-dynamic-mail-address - Dynamic Mail Address

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/25/understanding-message-flow-in-xi - Message Flow in XI

/people/krishna.moorthyp/blog/2005/06/09/walkthrough-with-bpm - Walk through BPM

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/05/22/schedule-your-bpm - Schedule BPM

/people/sriram.vasudevan3/blog/2005/01/11/demonstrating-use-of-synchronous-asynchronous-bridge-to-integrate-synchronous-and-asynchronous-systems-using-ccbpm-in-sap-xi - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/1403 [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] - Use of Synch - Asynch bridge in ccBPM

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/22/xi-maintain-rfc-destinations-centrally - Maintain RFC destination centrally

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/18/triggering-e-mails-to-shared-folders-of-sap-is-u - Triggering Email from folder

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/08/17/outbound-idocs--work-around-using-party - Handling different partners for IDoc

/people/siva.maranani/blog/2005/08/27/modeling-integration-scenario146s-in-xi - Modeling Integration Scenario in XI

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/08/25/xi-sending-a-message-without-the-use-of-an-adapter-not-possible - Testing of integration process

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/05/25/xi-how-to-add-authorizations-to-repository-objects - Authorization in XI

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/58/d22940cbf2195de10000000a1550b0/content.htm - Authorization in XI

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--step-by-step - Alert Configuration

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/09/09/xi-alerts--troubleshooting-guide - Trouble shoot alert config

/people/sameer.shadab/blog/2005/09/21/executing-unix-shell-script-using-operating-system-command-in-xi - Call UNIX Shell Script

/people/sravya.talanki2/blog/2005/11/02/overview-of-transition-from-dev-to-qa-in-xi - Transport in XI

/people/r.eijpe/blog/2005/11/04/using-abap-xslt-extensions-for-xi-mapping - Using ABAP XSLT Extensions for XI Mapping

/people/prasad.ulagappan2/blog/2005/06/07/mail-adapter-scenarios-150-sap-exchange-infrastructure - Mail Adaptor options

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/17/xi-controlling-access-to-sensitive-interfaces - Controlling access to Sensitive Interfaces

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/10/xi-the-same-filename-from-a-sender-to-a-receiver-file-adapter--sp14 - The same filename from a sender to a receiver file adapter - SP14

/people/prasad.illapani/blog/2005/11/14/payload-based-message-search-in-xi30-using-trex-engine - Payload Based Message Search in XI30 using Trex Engine

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/24/xi-configuring-ccms-monitoring-for-xi-part-i - XI : Configuring CCMS Monitoring for XI- Part I

/people/michal.krawczyk2/blog/2005/11/23/xi-html-e-mails-from-the-receiver-mail-adapter - XI: HTML e-mails from the receiver mail adapter

/people/sap.user72/blog/2005/11/22/xi-faqs-provided-by-sap-updated - XI : FAQ's Provided by SAP

Read through the material avaialable in SDN site and then you can decide whether you can go for training from SAP AG.

Job market is quite good for XI in US, UK as well in India...

Hope this helps..

Do get back to me for any further queries..

Regards

Kiran..

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1. where to start and what are all free avaliable sources to learn & master XI

SDN,and help.SAP.

2. Is it worth spending on XI training by SAP AG

Yes

3. What's the best XI training avaliable in US other than by SAP AG

4. Any CBTs on XI avaliable ?

Yes

5. How is the XI job market and what are the expections from XI consultant by XI implementing companies/clients ..

very good