The Impact of SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration on SAP Roles and Authorizations
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Steps to Safely Define and Customize Business Roles and Authorizations in SAP CRM
See how to define a business role in customizing, assign it to a position in an organizational model, and then analyze its content. Key Concept Business roles and authorizations are prerequisites for SAP CRM upgrades or cutovers. This means that during the user acceptance test, users should test each business scenario using appropriate profiles and...…
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The Impact of SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration on SAP Roles and Authorizations
With the SAP-imposed deadline of 2027 looming for migrating to SAP S/4HANA, many of SAP’s customers are currently considering migrating their legacy ERP system to SAP S/4HANA. Resilient security is essential when moving forward with new technologies, and SAP software is no exception. SAP has made significant changes to the business suite’s data model in…
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Best Practices and Scenarios for Working with Overall Authorizations
Learn some best practices and scenarios for building a solid authorizations concept. See which combination of roles and structural authorizations is best for your company. Key Concept Overall authorizations are the combination of different types of roles and use of structural authorizations. For each specific need, a company needs to choose the implementation of roles...…
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Do Some Authorization Detective Work with the User Information System
Learn how to create, implement, and maintain a solid authorizations concept using transaction SUIM. Key Concept You can use transaction SUIM (user information system) to verify different authorizations-related functionalities. It can verify authorizations assigned to a specific user or multiple users. SUIM can also verify contents of roles and compare authorizations of two user IDs...…
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Weigh Your Options for Implementing Overall Authorizations
Learn the basic information for building an overall authorizations concept including specifications and examples for each different type of role as well as structural authorizations use. Also, see some examples of bad role design and specific actions to avoid. Key Concept General authorizations (or roles) can be described by the answers to two questions: “What...…
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SAP Fiori Authorizations
The third generation of SAP Fiori is an exciting new user experience that becomes significantly more important when moving to SAP S/4HANA or SAP’s new cloud solutions. Find out more in our expert blogpost.
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Critical Tips for Integrating Personnel Planning and Structural Authorizations
Learn the importance of the connection between personnel planning functions and structural authorizations through these integration tips. Key Concept Personnel planning is the authorization object PLOG, which is included in general authorizations (roles). Personnel planning is used for checking authorizations for specific fields in the Personnel Management components (Organizational Management, Personnel Development, Training and Event...…
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SAP Fiori Authorizations
SAP Fiori 3.0 replaces traditional user interfaces offered by SAP such as SAP GUI. With the upgraded interface, SAP provides applications using cards (formerly called tiles) that contain different business tasks. To access these applications end users must have the proper authorizations. This SAP Expert article written by a security and GRC professional explains how…
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How to Use Structural Authorizations for Effective HR Strategy and Security
Proper SAP ERP HCM security involves more than just assigning traditional security roles to user IDs. Learn the importance of creating an effective SAP HR security strategy and how structural authorizations and position-based security play a role in this strategy. Get recommendations for proper HR security strategy design and the steps for implementing structural authorizations...…
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System Trace – a Last Resort to Identify Missing Authorizations
Learn how to run the trace functionality (transaction ST01) to resolve error messages about missing authorizations. Key Concept A system trace is a standard SAP functionality available in all versions that you can use for recording internal SAP system activities. A system trace can be either a replacement or an alternative for the SU53 report...…
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