SAP S/4HANA Essential Training
1h 41mBeginner2026-07-01
Authors

Justin Valley
SAP Trainer, Instructional Designer, and Organizational Change Manager
Course details
SAP S/4HANA is one of the most widely implemented ERP systems in the world—and one of the most in-demand skills across finance, supply chain, HR, and operations. In this course, Justin Valley—SAP trainer and organizational change manager with 19+ years of enterprise implementation experience—teaches you how to navigate the system, understand its core modules, run reports, use both the SAP GUI and SAP Fiori, and explore how AI, including Joule (the AI assistant built into SAP S/4HANA), is transforming how users work in the system.
Learning objectives
Explain the purpose and key components of SAP S/4HANA, including its core modules, enterprise structure, and data types.
Navigate SAP S/4HANA using both the SAP GUI and SAP Fiori interfaces, including transaction codes, menus, and the Fiori Launchpad.
Describe how SAP S/4HANA supports core business functions across modules, including Finance, Controlling, Procurement, Sales, Production, and Human Resources.
Run, customize, and export reports in SAP S/4HANA using selection criteria, layouts, variants, and Fiori analytical tools.
Identify how artificial intelligence and Joule are embedded across SAP S/4HANA to automate processes and deliver smarter business insights.
Learning objectives
Explain the purpose and key components of SAP S/4HANA, including its core modules, enterprise structure, and data types.
Navigate SAP S/4HANA using both the SAP GUI and SAP Fiori interfaces, including transaction codes, menus, and the Fiori Launchpad.
Describe how SAP S/4HANA supports core business functions across modules, including Finance, Controlling, Procurement, Sales, Production, and Human Resources.
Run, customize, and export reports in SAP S/4HANA using selection criteria, layouts, variants, and Fiori analytical tools.
Identify how artificial intelligence and Joule are embedded across SAP S/4HANA to automate processes and deliver smarter business insights.
Concepts
Introduction
- Your essential guide to SAP S 4HANA
SAP S 4HANA Foundations - Your Starting Point
- Get to know SAP S 4HANA
- Inside SAP S 4HANA - Benefits and constraints
- Steps to a successful SAP S 4HANA implementation
- Key modules in SAP S 4HANA
- Enterprise structure in SAP S 4HANA
- SAP S 4HANA data types - Master data vs. transactional data
- How security roles work in SAP S 4HANA
- AI in SAP S 4HANA - Smarter insights, greater efficiency
Explore SAP S 4HANA Core Modules
- SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
- SAP Controlling (CO)
- SAP Production Planning (PP)
- SAP Materials Management (MM)
- SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)
- SAP Quality Management (QM)
- SAP Plant Maintenance (PM)
- SAP Project System (PS)
- SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) and SuccessFactors
- SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and Transportation Management (TM)
Navigate SAP S 4HANA
- SAP user interfaces - GUI vs. Fiori
- Log in to SAP S 4HANA GUI
- SAP S 4HANA navigation - Menu tree
- SAP S 4HANA navigation - Transaction code
- Customize SAP S 4HANA user menu and settings
- Personalize your SAP S 4HANA favorites folder
- Common SAP S 4HANA icons, buttons, and messages explained
- Manage multiple SAP S 4HANA sessions
- Search with wildcards in SAP S 4HANA
- Explore the Fiori Launchpad
Report Effectively in SAP S 4HANA
- Use report selection criteria in SAP S 4HANA
- Use the multiple selection tool in SAP S 4HANA
- Create search variants in SAP S 4HANA
- Edit report layouts in SAP S 4HANA
- Sort, filter, and export reports in SAP S 4HANA
- Run reports in SAP Fiori
- View dashboards and KPIs in SAP Fiori
Conclusion
- Dive deeper into SAP S 4HANA
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