Authorizations in Marketing Planning and Campaign Management (SAP Library

Authorizations in Marketing Planning and Campaign Management

Use

The processing of a marketing project is protected by an authorization check. With this authorization check, the system controls whether a user is allowed to create, change, display or delete a marketing project. The results of the authorization check relate to the entire marketing project (including the related marketing elements). It is therefore not possible to forbid a user from changing a campaign header and, at the same time, to allow them to make changes to a campaign element.

The following actions are protected by an additional authorization check:

· entering plan values in marketing projects (activity 72)

· changing general settings (marketing element overviews, assignment of template plans and so on): authorization object CRM_MPL_AD (activity 23)

Functional Scope

Authorization Objects

The authorization concept in the Marketing Planning and Campaign Management component provides for the following authorization objects in the standard:

Authorization Object	Description	Authorization
CRM_MPT	General authorization object marketing plan (without field-dependency)	The user has authorization to create, change, and so on, marketing plans
CRM_MPLRES	Authorization object marketing plan dependent on the person responsible	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, marketing plans for which particular persons are responsible
CRM_MPLAGR	Authorization object marketing plan dependent on the authorization group	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, marketing plans for which particular authorization groups are responsible
CRM_CPG	General authorization object campaign (without field-dependency)	The user has authorization to create, change (and so on) campaigns
CRM_CPGRES	Authorization object campaign dependent on the person responsible	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, campaigns for which particular persons are responsible
CRM_CPGAGR	Authorization object campaign dependent on the authorization group	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, campaigns for which a particular authorization group is responsible
CRM_CPGCTP	Authorization object campaign dependent on the campaign type	The user is only allowed to create, change and so on campaigns that have a particular campaign type
CRM_TPM	General authorization object trade promotion (without field-dependency)	The user has authorization to create, change (and so on) trade promotions
CRM_TPMRES	Authorization object trade promotion dependent on the person responsible	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, trade promotions for which particular persons are responsible
CRM_TPMAGR	Authorization object trade promotion dependent on the authorization group	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, trade promotions for which a particular authorization group is responsible
CRM_TPMLNK	Authorization object trade promotion (without field-dependency)	The user has authorization to change (Change is the only activity defined) the field 'Campaign Link' in trade promotions. This activity is carried out from the Marketing Calendar.
CRM_TPMCTP	Authorization object trade promotion dependent on the campaign type	The user is only allowed to create, change and so on trade promotions that have a particular campaign type
CRM_DLM	Authorization object CRM Marketing Business Object Deal	The user has authorization to create, change (and so on) deals
CRM_DLMAGR	Authorization object CRM Marketing: Deal Authorization Group	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, deals that have a particular authorization group
CRM_DLMCTP	Authorization object CRM Marketing: Campaign Type	The user is only allowed to create, change, and so on, deals that have a particular type
CRM_DLMRES	Authorization object CRM Marketing: Person Responsible for Deal	The user only has authorization to create, change, and so on, deals for which particular persons are responsible

Activities

The following activities can be carried out for the authorization objects:

· 01 Create

· 02 Change

· 03 Display

· 06 Delete

· 72 Plan

Activities

When a marketing project is created, the system first checks whether the user has authorization to create for the general authorization objects (CRM_MPT for marketing plans and CRM_CPG for campaigns, CRM_TPM for trade promotions and CRM_DLM for deals). Without this authorization, the user cannot create the marketing project. Otherwise, the user can go on to create the marketing project.

When the project is saved, a final check of the new marketing project is carried out for all authorization objects. If authorization for one of the authorization objects is missing, the marketing project cannot be saved.

If a user opens a marketing project for which they have no change authorization, it is opened in display mode.

For more information on the authorization concept, see Structure link Maintaining Authorizations.