Roles are used in Employee Self-Service
for different purposes:
Employee Self-Service Composite Role
This role enables you to use the Employee Self-Service
(WDA) role in SAP NetWeaver Business Client for HTML. It comprises single roles for ESS (WDA) with the menu structure
of all services available with ESS (WDA)
For more information see Employee Self-Service Composite Role.
Single Roles for Authorizations
Most of the single roles that are part of the composite role are used only for granting authorization rights for the services contained in these roles.
For more information, see Single Roles in Employee Self-Service (WDA).
Portal Role Employee Self-Service (WDA)
The Portal role enables you to use the Employee Self-Service
(WDA) in the SAP NetWeaver Portal.
For more information, see Portal Role Employee Self-Service (WDA).