Archive change document management for user and permission management
Criticality
The SAP Note 1903323 provides a solution. The functionality is only provided via support packages for NetWeaver releases 7.31 and 7.40. This fix extends the naming conventions so that namespaces in the /XYZ/ format can be used up to a maximum of eight characters. In the development and creation of authorization objects, some functionalities of the SAP hint are extremely helpful, which we present in this tip.
In such a case the last error is displayed in SU53 or the display is empty. Then you can't avoid analyzing the error message of the transaction. One more tip in the end: Instruct the user to take the screen shot with , this will put the whole active window on the clipboard and you can see which transaction, system and context of the transaction it is. Smaller "SnagIt "s are mostly useless and lead to unnecessary queries.
Organisational allocation
Over the course of time, many companies experience profound changes in the framework conditions that significantly influence SAP® authorization management. Not uncommon are subsequent requirements from the area of compliance (SOX or similar) or the increased need for protection.
It takes too long to read out the User and Permissions Management change notes? With a good archiving concept, you can improve performance. User and Permissions Management applications write change documents that increase significantly over time and can cause long wait times to read them. To reduce waiting times, you should archive the documents and set a logical index for key change documents. For this, however, you need a comprehensive overview of the storage locations and also of the evaluation possibilities and archiving scenarios. In the following we will show you how you can optimise the change document management of the user and permission management.
During go-live, the assignment of necessary authorizations is particularly time-critical. The "Shortcut for SAP systems" application provides functions for this purpose, so that the go-live does not get bogged down because of missing authorizations.
If the reference user does not exist in one of the systems, the mapping is ignored.
You can also find some useful tips from practice on the subject of SAP authorizations on the page www.sap-corner.de.
SNC secures communication with or between ABAP systems, but there are also many web-based applications in SAP system landscapes.