User Roles 

Use

In the SAP System, a user role refers to the specific set of activities for which you are using the SAP System in a particular business context.

As the employee of a business or other organization, your position may comprise numerous roles simultaneously – for example, you could be both field service representative and project manager at once. Your business application and information requirements are likely to vary widely according to each of these roles.

To help you manage your task portfolio, SAP currently delivers over 150 predefined user roles which eliminate the need to navigate through the SAP standard menu to access the functions you require for your business activities. These user roles are defined using activity groups in the SAP System, and can span a wide range of systems and applications. See SAP Easy Access.

As of Release 4.6, a role-based menu appears when you log on to the SAP System (provided you have been assigned a role, or a combination of roles, by your system administrator). You receive your user role(s) in the form of preconfigured templates, which you can change and extend as necessary. For example, you can create your own list of favorites, which can include the transactions, files, and Web addresses you use most frequently. (See Creating Favorites and Managing Favorites.) Your system administrator can also personalize the workplace menu by adding or deleting items. For more information on the user role-related system administrator functions, see System Administrator Functions.