C_AIG Exam Prep 2026: The One-Page Checklist We Wish We Had

Quick answer: The C_AIG exam is SAP's certification for the SAP Generative AI Developer role. According to SAP, it is now a system-based assessment: you solve tasks in a live SAP system rather than answering multiple-choice questions. SAP lists a 3-hour duration, a 76% pass score, and English as the exam language. SAP recommends its learning journey on the generative AI hub, including its practice system. Confirm every detail on the current exam page before you book.

Nandini booked her C_AIG exam on a Friday night, feeling confident. (Nandini is a fictional example.) She had read every lesson twice and made neat notes on prompt templates and grounding.

On Saturday morning, a colleague asked one question: "Have you actually built an orchestration workflow end to end, with the clock running?" She had not.

That gap, between knowing and doing, is what the new C_AIG format tests. This page is the checklist we wish Nandini had on day one.

What Is the C_AIG Exam?

The C_AIG exam is the certification exam for SAP Certified - SAP Generative AI Developer, which SAP says validates your ability to solve business problems using SAP's generative AI hub.

According to the SAP Learning exam page , the exam focuses on applying advanced prompt engineering, managing prompt templates, and working with orchestration workflows in SAP AI Launchpad. It is aimed at developers working with generative AI on SAP's platform.

Who should consider the C_AIG exam?

C_AIG suits developers, SAP BTP professionals, and technical consultants who build generative AI features on SAP's platform. SAP's recommended learning journey targets data analysts, developers, and data scientists. If your daily work is functional configuration rather than building, start with SAP Business AI and Joule fundamentals first, then decide whether a developer certification fits your path.

Here is what we could confirm on 6 Oct 2026, and what we could not:

Important: SAP updates exam versions and formats. Treat this table as a starting point, not the final word. Open the official exam page on the day you book.

What Changed in the C_AIG Exam Format?

The biggest change is that C_AIG moved from answering questions about the generative AI hub to completing real tasks inside an SAP system.

The SAP Learning Help Center explains the wider shift. Starting in November 2025, SAP began moving to a practical, performance-based certification approach, with the transition planned to be completed by Q2 2026. The new exams use system-based and scenario-based assessments that validate applied skills in real SAP environments.

What "open book" really means

Open book sounds easy, but it is not a shortcut. In a 3-hour system-based exam, every minute you spend searching for how to do something is a minute you do not spend doing it. You still need the steps in your hands, not only in your notes.

Image pending: INFOGRAPHIC 2: Old SAP Exam vs System-Based C_AIG] Single image (1080 x 1350 px) showing two columns, "Answer questions" vs "Complete tasks in a system", with five rows from the comparison table, official ZaranTech logo in the footer. Alt text: Comparison of classic multiple-choice SAP exams and the system-based C_AIG exam format.

What Topics Does the C_AIG Exam Cover?

SAP does not list topic weightings on the exam page we checked, but its recommended learning journey shows the skills you need to practice.

SAP recommends the learning journey Solving Business Problems using SAP's Generative AI Hub . It covers large language models in SAP, navigating the generative AI hub, designing and managing prompts, and grounding AI outputs in enterprise data. Two SAP Learning courses go deeper:

SAP lists a prerequisite for the prompts course: AIG00, Discovering SAP's Generative AI Hub. If the Generative AI Hub is new to you, start there.

The One-Page C_AIG Exam Checklist

This checklist turns SAP's published requirements and learning journey into a timeline you can print and tick off.

4 to 6 weeks before the exam

Read the official exam page. Note the format, duration, pass score, language, and version code. Save the date you checked it.

Check your access. Confirm your SAP Universal ID works and your SAP Learning Hub subscription includes certification attempts.

Start the learning journey. Complete AIG00 first if you need it, then the prompts course and the advanced grounding course.

Open the practice system early. SAP points to the practice system in the learning journey. Log in during week one, not in the final week.

2 to 3 weeks before the exam

Rebuild every exercise without notes . Prompt templates, versions, an orchestration workflow, and a grounded response.

Time yourself. Do one full practice task set inside a 3-hour block.

Write a one-page "how I do it" sheet. Not theory: the order of clicks and settings you keep forgetting.

Fix your weakest area. For most people, this is grounding or orchestration configuration.

48 hours before the exam

Run the technical readiness check. SAP's exam page points to a Technical Readiness Checklist for hardware, software, and connectivity.

Watch SAP's introduction to system-based assessments. It shows how the exam environment works, so nothing surprises you.

Re-check the exam page. Confirm nothing changed since you booked.

On exam day

Read each task fully before you click. Many mistakes come from solving the wrong problem well.

Do the tasks you know first. Then return to the harder ones.

Check your results inside the system. If a task asks for a working output, test that it works.

Watch the clock at the halfway mark. Adjust before you run short.

After the exam

Note what felt hard, whatever the result. If you need another attempt, those notes become your plan.

Plan to stay certified. SAP describes yearly stay-certified quizzes for subscribers. Put the deadline in your calendar.

Image pending: INFOGRAPHIC 1: The One-Page C_AIG Exam Checklist] Single image (1080 x 1350 px) showing the 17 checklist items grouped into five time blocks (4 to 6 weeks, 2 to 3 weeks, 48 hours, exam day, after), with tick boxes, official ZaranTech logo in the footer. Alt text: Printable one-page checklist for preparing for the SAP C_AIG Generative AI Developer exam.

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How to Practice for a System-Based Assessment

You practice for a system-based exam by doing the work repeatedly in a system, against the clock, until the steps feel routine.

Reading builds understanding. Only practice builds speed. Here is a simple weekly rhythm that fits around a full-time job:

Build a "task card" for each skill

For every skill area, write a short task card: the business problem, the expected output, and the steps you take. Then practice from the card, not from the course. If you can solve the task from a one-line business problem, you are close to exam-ready.

Practice the check, not only the build.

In a system-based exam, a configuration that saves but does not work may not earn credit. Build the habit of testing every output: run the prompt, read the response, confirm grounding returns content from your documents.

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Common C_AIG Prep Mistakes to Avoid

The most common mistake is preparing for the old format: memorizing definitions instead of practicing tasks.

Only reading the lessons. You need repeated hands-on runs, not more notes.

Leaving the practice system to the last week. Access issues and unfamiliar screens eat your time.

Skipping grounding. Document grounding and RAG are a full course in SAP's learning journey. Treat them as core.

Never practicing under time pressure. Three hours goes fast when you are reading tasks carefully.

Trusting a third-party "dump". Exam dumps are unreliable and do not match a system-based format. Use SAP's official learning journey.

Not checking the exam page again. Versions change. Confirm details the week you sit the exam.

No checklist or course can promise a pass. What it can do is make sure you walk in having practiced the right things.

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C_AIG Exam FAQs

What is the C_AIG exam?

C_AIG is the exam code for SAP Certified - SAP Generative AI Developer. According to SAP, it validates that you can solve business problems with SAP's generative AI hub, including prompts, templates and orchestration workflows.

Is the C_AIG exam multiple choice?

No. SAP lists C_AIG as a system-based assessment, so you complete tasks in an SAP system. Check the current exam page before booking, because SAP can update formats.

What is the passing score for C_AIG?

The SAP exam page listed a 76% pass score when we checked on 6 Oct 2026. Always confirm the current pass score on the official exam page before you book.

How long is the C_AIG exam?

SAP lists the C_AIG exam duration as 3 hours. Plan your practice runs to fit that window, including time to read each task and check your work.

How should I prepare for the C_AIG exam?

Complete SAP's learning journey, Solving Business Problems using SAP's Generative AI Hub; practice in its practice system; and rehearse full tasks against the clock. Hands-on repetition matters more than reading.

Back to Nandini's Booking

Nandini did not cancel her exam. She moved it three weeks out and changed how she studied. Every evening, she opened the practice system and rebuilt one task from a one-line business problem: a template, an orchestration workflow, a grounded answer.

By the second weekend, her timed run fit inside three hours with time to check her work. She still could not know the result in advance. But she knew she had practiced the exam she was actually going to sit.

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Checked on 6 Oct 2026. SAP can change exam versions, formats, and pass scores at any time; always confirm on the official exam page.

SAP Learning: SAP Certified - SAP Generative AI Developer (C_AIG)

SAP Learning: Solving Business Problems using SAP's Generative AI Hub (learning journey)

SAP Learning: Solve your business problems using prompts and LLMs in SAP Generative AI Hub

SAP Learning: Using Advanced AI Techniques with SAP's Generative AI Hub

SAP Learning Help Center: Preparing for an exam, certification program FAQ