- What the C_AIG Credential Actually Is
- How the Exam Is Built: One System-Based Activity
- The Seven Exam Domains
- Hands-On Skills You Must Be Able to Perform
- Access, Booking, and the Scheduling Caveat
- Cost, Validity, and Renewal
- Preparation Path and Practice Systems
- Who Should Pursue It
- How It Differs from Neighboring Credentials
- Frequently Asked Questions
- C_AIG is SAP's Generative AI Developer certification, issued through SAP Learning and built around SAP's Generative AI Hub.
- The assessment is one system-based activity: 3 hours, English, passing score 76%, open-book and unproctored.
- Seven domains each carry a published 11-20% range, so no single topic dominates the exam.
- Validity is 12 months; renewal requires a Stay Certified assessment taken within the 90 days before expiry.
What the C_AIG Credential Actually Is
C_AIG is the code for SAP Certified Associate - SAP Generative AI Developer, a credential issued and administered by SAP through SAP Learning. It validates that you can work hands-on with SAP's Generative AI Hub: writing prompts, structuring them with the right roles, hardening them against misuse, using prompt templates, and choosing between models to solve a business problem. If you have seen the same letters attached to other credentials elsewhere, set those aside. This certification is SAP's, and everything in this article refers only to it.
The "Associate" level signals an entry into SAP's AI developer track rather than a deep specialist badge. You are not expected to train foundation models. You are expected to be productive inside the Generative AI Hub and SAP AI Launchpad: opening the interface, experimenting with prompts, saving and reusing templates, comparing model behavior, and reasoning through a business scenario with the tools in front of you.
For a shorter definition-style overview, see our companion pieces What Is C_AIG? and What Does C_AIG Stand For?. This article goes further into how the exam is built and how you actually earn the credential.
How the Exam Is Built: One System-Based Activity
The most distinctive fact about C_AIG is that it is not a conventional multiple-choice test. SAP publishes the assessment as 1 system-based activity lasting 3 hours, delivered in English, with a passing score of 76%. You work inside a live practice environment and your result is based on what you actually complete.
| Attribute | C_AIG detail |
|---|---|
| Issuer | SAP, via SAP Learning |
| Assessment format | 1 system-based activity (practical) |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Passing score | 76% |
| Language | English |
| Proctoring | Unproctored, open-book |
| Scoring basis | Completed tasks and system outputs |
| Validity | 12 months from the initial exam |
Because it is open-book and unproctored, public SAP resources and applicable AI tools are permitted during the exam. That does not make it easy. Scoring evaluates completed tasks and the outputs your system produces, so knowing where things live in the interface and being able to execute quickly matters more than recalling definitions. Note also that the timer keeps running during breaks, so a three-hour budget is a real constraint. For a candid take on difficulty, read How Hard Is the C_AIG Exam?, and for the score threshold specifically, see C_AIG Passing Score.
The Seven Exam Domains
SAP lists seven exam topics, and every one carries the same published weight range of 11-20%. These are ranges, not exact allocations, and equal bands mean you cannot conclude that any one topic is the heaviest. The practical consequence: you cannot safely skip a domain. A weak area in any of the seven can cost you meaningful points when you need 76% overall.
Domain 1: Leveraging System, User, and Assistant Roles for Better Prompts (11-20%)
Understand how message roles shape model behavior in a chat-style prompt.
- What belongs in the system message versus the user message
- How assistant messages can seed examples or prior turns
- How restructuring roles changes output quality and consistency
Domain 2: Securing and Hardening Prompts (11-20%)
Make prompts resilient to misuse and unintended behavior.
- Recognizing prompt-injection style risks in a business scenario
- Writing instructions that constrain scope and refuse out-of-bounds requests
- Testing a prompt against adversarial input and revising it
Domain 3: Using Prompt Templates in SAP AI Launchpad (11-20%)
Turn one-off experiments into reusable assets.
- Creating and saving templates with placeholders
- Reusing a template across varied inputs
- Understanding the permission needed to save prompts
Domain 4: Discovering Generative AI Hub Interface (11-20%)
Navigate the environment confidently under time pressure.
- Finding the prompt tooling and model options quickly
- Understanding what the hub exposes and where
Domain 5: Solution Using Different Models (11-20%)
Select and compare models for a given requirement.
- Running the same prompt against different models and comparing results
- Matching model characteristics to the business need
Domain 6: Focus on problem solving using SAP AI Launchpad (11-20%)
Apply the tools end to end to a business problem.
- Framing a problem, then iterating toward a working prompt solution
- Validating outputs against the stated requirement
Domain 7: Developing Prompts in SAP AI Launchpad (11-20%)
Author, run, and refine prompts directly in the Launchpad.
- Adjusting prompt wording and parameters, then observing the effect
- Iterating until output meets a defined criterion
A full walkthrough of each content area lives in C_AIG Exam Domains: Complete Guide to All 7 Content Areas. Notice how the domains interlock: you cannot do well on "Developing Prompts" without understanding roles, and you cannot harden a prompt you cannot develop. Treat them as one connected workflow rather than seven silos.
Hands-On Skills You Must Be Able to Perform
Since the assessment scores completed work, think in terms of actions rather than facts. These original practice scenarios illustrate the kind of competence the domains imply (they are preparation exercises, not actual exam tasks):
Scenario A: Tightening a customer-reply prompt
You are given a vague prompt that drafts replies to customer emails and sometimes invents policy details. Move behavioral rules into the system role, supply the customer text in the user role, and add an instruction to say when information is unavailable rather than guess. Run it several times and confirm the output stays on task. This exercises Domains 1 and 7 together.
Scenario B: Defending against an override attempt
Take a summarization prompt and feed it input containing a line telling the model to ignore its instructions. Revise the prompt so the model treats embedded text as content to summarize, not commands to follow, and retest. This is the core loop of Domain 2.
Scenario C: Templating a repeatable task
Convert a working prompt into a template with a placeholder for the variable text, save it in SAP AI Launchpad, and run it against two or three different inputs. If saving fails, check your roles: the public SAP lesson notes that users holding only the genai_experimenter or prompt_experimenter roles cannot save prompts in SAP AI Launchpad. That permissions point is preparation guidance for your practice environment, not an extra exam domain.
Scenario D: Choosing between models
Run one prompt against two available models, compare tone, accuracy, and verbosity against a stated requirement, and justify your selection. This maps to Domain 5 and feeds Domain 6's problem-solving emphasis.
Access, Booking, and the Scheduling Caveat
You gain access to the exam through purchased exam attempts or an SAP Learning Hub subscription. Your SAP Universal ID must have at least two email accounts on different domains, a requirement worth sorting out before exam day rather than during it.
Be careful with scheduling. SAP's Q2 2026 release notes say advance booking is required for system-based exams, while the current system-assessment FAQ says some systems are immediately available and others require a reserved slot. Those two statements do not fully align, so the safe plan is to book ahead and follow what your selected exam dashboard shows. Do not count on same-day availability. For timing details, see C_AIG Exam Dates: Testing Windows, Deadlines & Scheduling.
Completing every preparation course and exercise is recommended, not mandatory. The AIG00 course (Discovering SAP's Generative AI Hub) is the prerequisite for AIG02, and AIG02 precedes the advanced course, but those are curriculum prerequisites rather than independently verified admission requirements. For the eligibility picture, read C_AIG Requirements: Eligibility, Prerequisites & How to Qualify.
Cost, Validity, and Renewal
The package SAP lists is SAP Certification exam, two attempts, which includes two attempts and 10 hours of relevant practice-system access. Those 10 hours are practice time, not exam time and not mandatory training hours. The supplied U.S. record shows USD 276.00 for this package, corroborated by SAP search indexing, but the full pricing page could not be retrieved at the time of writing. Treat it as a package indication rather than a freshly verified checkout quote or a single-exam fee, and confirm the amount at checkout. Our C_AIG Certification Cost breakdown covers the pricing context in more detail.
Validity runs 12 months from the initial exam. To renew, you pass a Stay Certified assessment while holding an active SAP Learning Hub subscription, taken within the 90 days before expiry. The extension is 12 months from your original expiry date, not from the date you sit the assessment, so renewing early does not shorten your coverage. Without a Learning Hub subscription, you would need to purchase and retake the full certification exam annually.
Key Takeaway
Calendar your renewal window the day you pass. Because the Stay Certified assessment must fall inside the 90 days before expiry, and the extension counts from the original expiry, there is no advantage to waiting until the last week and a risk if a booking slot is unavailable.
Preparation Path and Practice Systems
SAP's linked preparation journey is Solving Business Problems using SAP's Generative AI Hub. Two supplementary courses sit beside it: Solve your business problems using prompts and LLMs in SAP Generative AI Hub (AIG02) and Using Advanced AI Techniques with SAP's Generative AI Hub. SAP also provides hands-on practice: a getting-started lesson and a preconfigured subscription practice system for AIG02. That system is for preparation only, not production service access.
Because the exam is practical, the highest-value preparation is time in the system. A sensible sequence, tied to the domains rather than a generic calendar:
Orient and navigate
- Work through the interface discovery material (Domain 4)
- Confirm your roles allow you to save prompts
Roles and prompt development
- Rebuild prompts using system, user, and assistant roles (Domain 1)
- Iterate prompts in SAP AI Launchpad (Domain 7)
Templates and hardening
- Save and reuse templates (Domain 3)
- Attack your own prompts and fix them (Domain 2)
Models and full scenarios
- Compare models on the same task (Domain 5)
- Timed end-to-end problem solving (Domain 6)
For a fuller plan, see the C_AIG Study Guide: How to Pass on Your First Attempt, and keep the C_AIG Cheat Sheet nearby for quick review. You can also check your readiness against realistic scenarios on our C_AIG practice test site.
Who Should Pursue It
The credential suits people who build or configure AI-assisted functionality in the SAP ecosystem: developers, technical consultants, solution architects, and analysts moving into generative AI work who need to show they can operate SAP's Generative AI Hub rather than just describe it. Employers hiring around SAP Business AI value evidence of hands-on capability, and a practical exam is stronger evidence of that than a recall test.
Be disciplined about career claims. No candidate pass rate is established by the sources used here, and salary or return-on-investment assertions need separate evidence. If those questions drive your decision, review C_AIG Pass Rate, C_AIG Salary Guide, and Is the C_AIG Certification Worth It? with a critical eye, and see C_AIG Jobs for how the credential is positioned in hiring.
How It Differs from Neighboring Credentials
SAP also offers SAP Certified - Positioning SAP Business AI Platform (C_BCBTP), the verified current comparison credential. As the title suggests, it focuses on positioning the broader SAP Business AI platform, whereas C_AIG is about doing the work inside the Generative AI Hub. Neither replaces the other, and C_BCBTP does not substitute for C_AIG.
| Aspect | C_AIG | C_BCBTP |
|---|---|---|
| Full title | SAP Certified Associate - SAP Generative AI Developer | SAP Certified - Positioning SAP Business AI Platform |
| Emphasis | Hands-on prompt development and model use in the Generative AI Hub | Positioning the SAP Business AI platform |
| Orientation | Practical, system-based | Platform positioning |
Choose based on what you actually do. If your day-to-day involves building and testing prompts, C_AIG fits. If you mostly explain and position the platform to customers, the comparison credential may match your role better. Related definitional reads include C_AIG Certification and What Is C_AIG Certification?.
Frequently Asked Questions
It certifies the ability to work with SAP's Generative AI Hub as a developer: structuring prompts with roles, hardening them, using templates and SAP AI Launchpad, comparing models, and solving business problems with those tools.
No. SAP publishes it as one system-based activity lasting 3 hours, with a 76% passing score, in English. It is open-book and unproctored, and scoring evaluates completed tasks and system outputs.
Not on the published information. All seven topics list the same 11-20% range, and those are ranges rather than exact allocations, so prepare across all seven rather than betting on one.
It is valid for 12 months from the initial exam. With an active SAP Learning Hub subscription, pass a Stay Certified assessment within the 90 days before expiry to extend 12 months from the original expiry. Without Learning Hub, retake the full exam annually.
Do not count on it. SAP's sources conflict on whether system-based exams are immediately available, so plan for advance booking and follow your exam dashboard.