Systems, Applications and Products TS410 Workshop

The SAP TS410 Certification workshop will enable you to see how SAP’s next-generation ERP suite, S/4HANA, operates. The workshop covers business functions designed into the S/4HANA system including managerial and financial accounting, human resources, procurement, manufacturing, sales and distribution, warehouse management, enterprise asset management and project management, as well as basic concepts relating to SAP HANA and Fiori. After completing this workshop you will:

• Possess an enhanced understanding of concepts and navigation in the S/4HANA system.
• Be able to explain how the fundamental business processes interact with S/4 in the areas of sales order management, material and production planning, procurement, inventory management, project management, plant maintenance, human capital management, financial accounting and management accounting.
• Be able to identify the key master data which must be maintained to execute each business process.
• Be able to identify the key integration points between the different business disciplines supporting each business process cycle.
• Be ready to take SAP TS410 certification exam upon completion of the workshop.

• Summer 2023 - 31 students, 97% pass rate
• Summer 2022 - 51 students, 98% pass rate
• Summer 2021 - 29 students, 96% pass rate
• Summer 2020 - 35 students, 82% pass rate
• Summer 2019 - 48 students, 50% pass rate (new test format)
• Summer 2018 - 39 students, 72% pass rate (cutoff score was 59%)
• Summer 2017 - 65 students, 62% pass rate (cutoff score was raised from 51 to 59%)
• Summer 2016 - 53 students, 89% pass rate (cutoff score was 51%)
• Summer 2015 - 35 students, 70% pass rate (cutoff score was 51%)

Date: May 13-24, 2024

Time: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Monday through Friday

Location: Barsema Hall room 300

Workshop Price: $1,195 (cost covers professional instruction and training materials)

• The standard market price is $8,760.

Payment Plan

A non-refundable $300 deposit is required (via credit card) when you register online. This deposit will hold your seat for the workshop. The remaining balance of $895 is due by Friday, April 26, 2024.

You can email outreachregistration@niu.edu to charge the card you used for your deposit. Or you can pay by check or cash at the Outreach Registration Office, Monat Building, Room 186 DeKalb, Il, 60115. If you have not paid the balance by this date, the remaining amount due will be charged to the credit card used for the deposit.

Note: the charge to your credit card will appear on your statement as NIU Outreach, DeKalb, IL.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Requests to cancel received by Friday, April 26, 2024, will receive a full refund less a 10% administrative fee. No refunds will be given after April 26, 2024. No-shows will not be refunded. The $300 deposit is non-refundable.

All requests must be submitted in writing to outreachregistration@niu.edu or by fax to 815-753-6900.

SAP exam fee: A separate exam fee of $136 is to be paid directly to SAP during the first four days of the workshop. Your instructor will help you with this on the first day.

NIU students or alumni must successfully complete either OMIS 455 or OMIS 643 with a grade of C or higher, or have a minimum of one year SAP ERP related experience prior to enrolling in the workshop.

Yes, the TS410 is an associate level certification. SAP Education Services currently offers two levels of certification – associate and professional level. Associate certification focuses on the fundamental knowledge requirements for a consultant or project team member. The TS410 exam is the most entry-level of associate certifications. The professional level certification requires deeper product understanding, proven project experience and business knowledge.

There are four key goals. First, explain the organizational structures used in each business process. Second, identify the key master data which must be maintained to execute each business process. Third, discuss the ERP transactions required to complete each business process cycle. And fourth, identify the key integration points between the different business disciplines supporting each business process cycle.

It is “SAP Certified Application Associate - Business Process Integration with SAP S/4HANA.” It is considered an “associate” or entry level exam.

No, all certifications SAP offers are release dependent. The validity of a given certificate expires no later than the date that SAP ends support for that product and release (essentially two releases back from what is currently available).

In the summer of 2023 NIU held a SAP TERP10 workshop. TERP10 is the predecessor certification to the TS410 certification. We had 31 students with, 97% pass rate for our workshop.

The 2023 price for students taking the exam with classmates as part of their on-campus TS410 is $136 USD.

The typical pass rate is around 65%.

The 2023 price for students taking the exam with classmates as part of their on-campus TS410 is $214 USD. This exam fee allows one student to take the exam once when it is offered on their campus as part of the TS410 course. Schools will incur additional costs – book, instructor and so on that may be passed on to students on a cost-recovery basis.

$1,195 (cost covers professional instruction and training materials). The standard market price is $8,670. NIU is able to significantly reduce the cost due to its membership in the SAP University Alliances Program (UA).

You're expected to attend class every day, all day. Class is typically scheduled from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., but can vary. Most students arrive to the lab early and stay late to study. It is common for students to form study groups – especially on the weekend mid-class. Students that have tried to combine the TS410 with a for-credit night class or other class project have historically performed poorly on the exam. This class is not recommended unless you're able to focus considerable time outside of class for exam preparation.

NIU undergraduate/graduate students or alumni must successfully complete either OMIS 455 or OMIS 643 with a grade of C or better or have a minimum of one year SAP ERP experience prior to enrolling in the workshop.

Read and understand all content in the book. Successfully complete all exercises. Be an active participant in class. Be prepared to study each night and over the weekend. Ask questions. Take ownership – you're responsible for understanding all content presented in class and covered in the book.

All content in the book will be covered. Additionally there will be quizzes/review activities to ensure that you understand not only the SAP products introduced but also the business processes ERP supports. This is not a “teach to the exam” type class.

Yes, everyone that passes as associate level certification exam at SAP (i.e. TS410) may utilize the SAP Certified Associate logo. In North America, the logo file will be distributed to those that have passed after their exam either by the exam proctor/instructor. If the proctor cannot personally ensure the student has passed, he/she will need to get the logo from SAP Education, as the UA team has no way to verify whether a person took the exam successfully due to privacy concerns. ** UA is distributing this for Ed Services, to ensure that our students receive it as quickly as possible after the exam. SAP Education Services has determined the approved uses as well as restrictions for use. Those policies will be distributed at the same time as the logo itself, and those policies must be followed.

All content covered in the course should be studied, as all topics are fair game. See the “TS410 Competencies” document for the weighting of course topics. Your instructor will provide more information during the workshop.

Exam questions are multiple choice. Some will have a single correct answer, others will have multiple correct answers.

Eighty questions, three hours. The exam time cannot be interrupted or extended.

TS410 uses a dichotomous scoring model where multiple response questions are either correct or incorrect and does not give partial grades for responses. This better reflects the need for SAP customers and partners to know whether a certified individual can perform a task to the complete satisfaction of all concerned. Leaving a question blank is equivalent to a false response.

The exam is scored as soon as you complete the exam. Pass/fail feedback is given immediately.

No, the proctor does not have any visibility to the exam questions. The 80 questions randomly selected for you will come from a very large test bank of questions so there is no way to predict which specific questions will be asked.

No, you will not have online access to any resources and cannot bring anything at all into the exam (no papers, no cell phone, no backpacks, etc).

You may retake the exam immediately. It will cost an additional $500 USD (current price, subject to change – consult the SAP website for details) to retake the exam each time. You may attempt an exam a maximum of three times. University Alliances does not offer re-takes. You'll identify a test location/date on the SAP website then will register directly.

If the infringement is considered minor, the exam will be marked as a “fail” and you'll need to retake the exam at a future date. If the infringement is serious, any certifications that may have been awarded will be revoked and you'll be excluded from future examinations.

If you wish to take the exam at the discounted rate, you must take the exam at the scheduled time with the rest of the class. If you're willing to pay full price for the exam (currently $500 USD but subject to change – check the SAP website for details), then you may take the exam at an SAP training center or testing center on a day that exams are scheduled (exams are offered on a regular basis) like any customer or partner would.

No, the proctor must follow all directions for the exam. No exceptions can be made to any policy (for example – if you don't have proper identification, you cannot take the exam – no exceptions, even if the proctor knows you).

No, unless you experience technical difficulties during the exam, it will not be reviewed and cannot be appealed.

Andy Setterstrom
Associate Professor of Management Information Systems
815-753-0554
asetterstrom@niu.edu