Are you an SAP key user, or about to become one? Learn what is really expected of you.
An online path, in English. A common core to understand SAP and your role, one specialization of your choice (MM, SD, FI, EWM, PP, PM or CO), then a key user simulator for your module. Videos, interactive pages, quizzes, and Word and Excel templates to reuse at work. Starts January 11, 2027.
Three steps, in this order.
One path for €390 incl. tax.
The common core
How SAP works, what a key user does and where the role stops, the links between modules, the Fiori launchpad. Then the project seen from the business side: testing, documenting, training, preparing data migration.
Your specialization
You pick one of seven modules at checkout: MM, SD, FI, EWM, PP, PM or CO. You cover what you check every week in that module, across its whole process.
The key user simulator
Each specialization ends with a simulator for your module: business scenarios to play, without touching the configuration. It runs on a computer, with a screen at least 1024 px wide.
You are asked to hold a role nobody explained to you.
Your company has named you an SAP key user, or you already do a key user's job without the title. People count on you to test, to train colleagues, and to sort out problems before they escalate. You know your job. You picked up SAP on the job, and you may wonder whether you are doing it right. That is a fair question.
You don't know where your role starts and where it stops
What a key user does, and what they leave to the consultant or to IT: nobody has told you clearly.
SAP says no and you can't tell why
An authorization failure, a status, a message: you call someone, because you don't know what to ask, or who to ask.
You are asked to test, and nobody shows you how
Writing a case a colleague can run, logging a defect, deciding whether to sign off on the acceptance test.
You are asked to train others
A work instruction your colleagues actually follow takes more than pasted screenshots.
That is what this path is for: how SAP works first, then your module, then practice with key user scenarios.
The person your team turns to with SAP questions.
By the end, you know what to answer, or who to turn to. Configuration (customizing) is not your job, so it is not part of the path.
Explain what a key user does
What you do, what you don't do, and where your role stops.
Find your way around SAP and the Fiori launchpad
Navigate, read a document with its statuses and messages, get your numbers out.
Understand an authorization failure
Read the failure message and ask for the right authorization, with a clear ticket.
Test and document
Test cases, defects, acceptance testing, work instructions, training your colleagues.
Own a change request
Start from the business problem and prepare data migration on the business side.
Run your module
Work through key user scenarios, end to end, in the simulator.
Who it is for, and who it is not.
The path starts from your job, not from configuration.
This path is for you if…
- Your company has named you an SAP key user (project, rollout, migration to S/4HANA) and you want to know what is expected of you.
- You are already a key user, or do the work of one, without having been trained.
- You know your job (purchasing, warehouse, accounting, maintenance, production, sales) and want to understand SAP from the point of view of the person who uses it.
- You want to become a key user and prepare your resume and your interview.
- You want ready-made templates to test, document and train.
This path is not for you if…
- You want to become an SAP consultant: configuration and certification are covered in our Beyond the Horizon training.
- You are looking for access to an SAP system: the path does not provide one; the simulator runs in your browser.
- You want to use the simulator on a phone or a tablet: it needs a computer.
- You are already an SAP consultant: the path is written from the business point of view.
Five steps, from the common core to your interview.
The common core comes first, regardless of your specialization. Then come your module and its simulator. The start date is set for January 11, 2027; after that you go at your own pace.
Understand SAP and your role
A colleague tells you "it won't go through" and shows you a message. You learn to read what the system tells you and to decide whether it is yours to fix, or who to pass it to.
The key user in the project
You start from a problem in your job, write it as a change request, write the test case that checks it, then the work instruction for your colleagues. You use the path's Word and Excel templates along the way.
Your specialization, one of seven
You choose your module at checkout. You work on what you check every week, in the vocabulary of your job.
The key user simulator
A blocked sand order, a breakdown on the float line, a Thursday supplier payment run. The simulator's screens are our own creation.
Landing a key user job
This part helps you prepare. It does not promise a job.
Three principles for a field role.
Templates to reuse at work
Seven Word and Excel templates: test case, defect log, change request, work instruction, support ticket, training plan, data migration check file. You fill them in during the path, then you keep them.
Videos, interactive pages, quizzes
In English. Each topic comes up when your role needs it, and the quizzes grade themselves.
A simulator to practice without risk
You work through key user situations in an invented setting, without touching your real system. It runs on a computer, with a screen at least 1024 px wide.
Michael held this role before training others for it.
Michael Antoine
Co-founder of Key User Training · SAP Logistics consultant
I was a key user before I was a consultant. In 2018, I was a maintenance methods manager in the industrial sector when my company launched its SAP implementation project. I held the key user role on the maintenance side for two years: my first experience of SAP, from the business side. In 2020, I became an SAP consultant in the same company.
That is how Key User Training came about, in 2022. This path is written for the key user I was: someone who keeps doing their own job and has to hold a role in a project on top of that.
What our learners say about Key User Training.
This path is new and does not have its own reviews yet. These reviews are about our training in general.
It is like you are on SAP
I already worked as an SAP user, so I did this course to refresh my knowledge. The interactive way of the course is the best; it is like you are on SAP. It is dynamic, with a base of an enterprise case, so it helps you understand and think in those terms. I will always recommend this course.
A leap forward in my SAP practice
Already an SAP user across several modules for a few years, I found that the Key User Training team really helped me take a leap forward and genuinely moved my SAP practice ahead. The professionalism and availability of the trainers are their main strengths.
Structured, progressive, concrete
Key User trainings take you by the hand. They are structured, progressive and combine theory with practice through demonstrations based on concrete situations encountered every day in companies.
Five trainings, same clear structure
Five trainings already with Key User Training. It is really the same structure whatever the course: theory and practice through concrete situations. The big plus is the responsiveness, the trainers getting back to you on questions or difficulties.
One price, your specialization of choice.
Starts January 11, 2027. 14-day guarantee.
SAP Key User Path
The common core, one specialization of your choice from seven, the key user simulator for your module, and the Word and Excel templates.
You follow the common core, you choose your module at checkout, then you finish with the key user simulator for that module. The videos, interactive pages and quizzes are in English.
14-day money-back guarantee
If the path isn't right for you, just send us an email within 14 days of buying it. You get a refund, no reason needed. Buying before January 11, 2027? Your 14 days start on that date.
The questions we get before people start.
I am not a key user yet. Is this for me?
The path is written for someone who is one, or is about to be. If you want to become one, the last part helps you prepare your resume and your interview: it does not promise a job. With no concrete project ahead of you, the common core still teaches you how SAP works.
How do I choose my specialization?
You choose it at checkout from MM, SD, FI, EWM, PP, PM and CO. If your module is not on the list (quality, HR or another module), the common core still fully applies: it is about the role, not about a module. The specialization will matter less.
Do I need SAP access to follow along?
No. The exercises are done without an SAP system, and the simulator runs in your browser. If your company has given you access to a training system, you can practice on it as well.
Does the simulator work on a phone?
No. The simulator needs a computer with a screen at least 1024 px wide. Plan on using a computer for the path.
How long does it take?
We don't give a precise duration: it depends on how comfortable you are with SAP and on your specialization. Set aside regular time alongside your work. You take the common core and the specialization in order, and the simulator needs a computer.
When does the path start?
The start is set for January 11, 2027. After that you go at your own pace, on your own: there is no group and no live session. You have lifetime access.
How is it different from the consultant training?
Beyond the Horizon trains you to become an SAP consultant: you learn configuration, and it prepares you for certification. The Key User Path trains you to hold your key user role, without configuration or certification.
What if I get stuck?
The quizzes grade themselves. If you have a question about the path, write to [email protected]. Nobody grades your exercises individually.
Can my company pay?
Yes. We issue an invoice in your company's name after payment. If you need specific details on the invoice, write to us before buying.
What if it isn't right for me?
You have 14 days after purchase. A simple email is enough, and you get a refund, no reason needed. If you buy before the start date (January 11, 2027), your 14 days begin on that date: you have time to look through the lessons before deciding.
Your team's next SAP problem: you will know where to start.
Starts January 11, 2027. €390 incl. tax, your specialization of choice, 14 days to change your mind.