Role in the Web Interface 

Definition

In the case of the Web interface for SAP Event Management (SAP EM), a role is a collection of activities that a person executes to share in one or more business scenarios.

The following roles are possible in the Web interface for SAP EM:

●     Normal user

●     Quick search user

●     Web server administrator

●     Offline administrator

●     PDA user

●     User profile administrator                                                                                                                                                    

Use

When you use roles, you control business scenario assignments, access to transactions and reports, and the various options with which to send data to SAP EM. The SAP EM Web interface uses a Web browser to offer users a role-based entry point with which to complete their tasks. 

Overview of possible roles in the Web interface for SAP EM

The following table provides you with an overview of the possible roles in the Web interface for SAP EM and their usage:

User	Logon	Activities	Scenario Assignment	User Settings
Normal user	Logs on using the logon page with user name and password	Depending on the user profile, all Web interface functions (except for Admin page) are executable	Multiple scenario assignments possible	Saved on the database and are available to the user on each PC
Quick search user	No logon	●     Search possible using quick search page without logging on ●     Access to event handler list, event handler details, and event details pages (depending on user profile) ●     Send event messages for one or more event handlers ●     Not able to use the fast entry page or create a My List page	Assigned to one scenario only The Web interface uses the Connection User to connect to SAP EM. You use the first scenario assigned as the quick search scenario, that is, all quick search users use the same scenario.	Saved as a cookie and are therefore dependent on the PC
Web server administrator		●     Access to the Web interface Admin page, if they have a user in the SAP EM system with parameter /SAPTRX/WCL_ADMIN ●     Same access as the normal user
Offline administrator		●     Access to the Web interface Admin page when there is no connection to SAP EM ●     No access to other Web interface pages		User name and password are saved in the Connection Manager properties
PDA user	Logs on using the PDA logon page with user name and password	Depending on the PDA user profile, access to PDA pages	Only the first scenario assigned is used	Functions not available on the PDA pages
User profile administrator	Logs on using the logon page with user name and password	●     The user can use parameter /SAPTRX/WCLNOCACHING to go around the user profile buffering on the Web server and to see changes to the user profile immediately. Buffering improves performance. ●     Same access as the normal user	Multiple scenario assignments possible	Saved on the database

 

Explanations for the table:

●     User column: You can log on to the Web interface with various roles (for example, normal user).

●     Logon column: The Web interface offers various logon options:

○     Logon with the user name and password

○     No logon and search using the quick search page

○     Logon with the user name and password for PDA pages

●     Activities column: This column tells you the pages that the Web interface makes available to each user:

○     Event handler list

○     Event handler detail page

○     Event details page

○     Page for sending event messages

○     Search page

○     Quick search page

○     Event message fast entry page

○     Admin page

○     My List page

○     PDA pages

All pages (except for the admin page) are dependent on the user profile. If no user profile is available for a page, the user cannot access the page.

●     Scenario Assignment column: Depending on the role, a user can be assigned to either no business scenarios, or to one or more business scenarios.

●     User Settings column: Each user can make individual Web interface settings, irrespective of the settings in the Web interface user profile.

The user can execute the following, for example:

○     Define the number of rows in the tables

○     Activate or deactivate automatic data updates

○     Define the start page

○     Define the default setting for displaying the document flow (tabular or graphic)