Procedure documentationCreating and Issuing Authorizations for System Administrators and Cost Center Managers

Prerequisites

A controlling area and the corresponding standard hierarchy exist in your SAP System.

Procedure

Creating Authorizations for System Administrators
  1. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Cost Center Accounting, choose Start of the navigation path Authorization Management Next navigation step Define Authorizations and Profiles End of the navigation path.

  2. Create a role.

  3. Choose the Menu tab page.

  4. Assign the PFCG transaction on this page.

  5. Choose the Authorizations tab page and the Change authorization data icon.

  6. Enter CO as the organizational level.

  7. Use Manual to insert the CO: General authorization object for Cost Center Accounting (K_CCA) authorization object.

  8. Place the cursor on your authorization object.

  9. Choose Start of the navigation path Edit Next navigation step Copy authorization End of the navigation path.

  10. Maintan the field values for the Actions for COOM authorization check.

  11. Save the authorization.

  12. Choose Generate.

Creating Authorizations for Cost Center Managers
  1. In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Cost Center Accounting, choose Start of the navigation path Authorization Management Next navigation step Define Authorizations and Profiles End of the navigation path.

  2. Create a role.

  3. Choose the Menu tab page.

  4. Assign the PFCG transaction on this page.

  5. Choose the Authorizations tab page and the Change authorization data icon.

  6. Enter CO as the organizational level.

  7. Use Manual to insert the CO: General authorization object for Cost Center Accounting (K_CCA) authorization object.

  8. Place the cursor on your authorization object.

  9. Choose Start of the navigation path Edit Next navigation step Copy authorization End of the navigation path.

  10. Maintan the field values for the Actions for COOM authorization check.

  11. Save the authorization.

  12. Choose Generate.

Assigning Authorizations to Users
  1. On the initial screen for role maintenance, choose Users.

  2. Enter the users to whom you wish to assign the role.

  3. Save your entries.

Result

The system administrators are authorized to select data from the database. This authorization applies for the entire organization.

Each cost center manager has the authorization to display reports from his or her CO-OM responsibility area.