Before starting your SAP ABAP journey, you don’t need to be an expert in programming or have any previous SAP experience. But knowing a little bit of programming basics can make your learning much easier. If you understand simple concepts like variables, loops, conditions, and functions, you will quickly get comfortable with ABAP coding.
It’s also helpful to have logical thinking and problem-solving skills because ABAP work usually involves handling data, applying business rules, creating reports, and building solutions for real scenarios. Having some basic idea of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) can also help—especially for modern ABAP used in S/4HANA and ABAP Cloud—but this is not mandatory for beginners.
A simple understanding of how businesses work is an added advantage. SAP is used in many areas like finance, sales, purchasing, inventory, and HR. So, if you know how these departments function, it becomes easier to understand SAP examples. But again, this is something you can easily learn along the way while learning ABAP.