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Maintain Roles and Assign to Users


This step is used to createActivity groups an generate authorization profiles using the Profile Generator.

Activities

To assign an authorization profile to a user, do the following:

1. Create an activity group
2. Enter a description
3. Select transactions
4. Create and edit authorizations
5. Assigns users and compare the user master (in doing so, the profile is entered in the user's master record)
6. Transport activity groups, if desired

Detailed documentation

For more information about the procedures, see transaction documentation

Note

You can also use authorization profiles you created manually or were delivered by SAP, in activity groups. You can create an activity group without a menu and include the corresponding profile in the authorization data of the activity group.

In the fourth step, choose "Edit -> Add authorization -> From profile" to add the authorization profile data to the activity group.

Standard Settings

The following profiles have been created in the standard system supplied:

The standard profiles always provide authorization for all organizational units.

In the following, the authorization objects defined in the standard system are listed. You can maintain authorizations for these objects in the SAP System.

Authorization Objects

The following list shows the authorization objects relevant to Purchasing:

Approved manuf. parts list - plant M_AMPL_WRK

Doc. type in RFQ M_ANFR_BSA

Purchasing group in RFQ M_ANFR_EKG

Purchasing organization in RFQ

M_ANFR_EKO

Plant in RFQ M_ANFR_WRK

Doc. type in quot. M_ANGB_BSA

Purch. group in quotation M_ANGB_EKG

Purchasing org. in quotation

M_ANGB_EKO

Plant in quot. M_ANGB_WRK

Doc. type in purch. requisition

M_BANF_BSA

Purchasing group in requisition M_BANF_EKG

Purchasing organization in requisition M_BANF_EKO

Release code in purch. requisition

M_BANF_FRG

Plant in pur. requisition M_BANF_WRK

Doc. type in PO M_BEST_BSA

Purch. group in pur. order

M_BEST_EKG

Purch. organization in pur. order

M_BEST_EKO

Plant in PO M_BEST_WRK

Purch. group in purch. info record

M_EINF_EKG

Purch. organization in pur. info record M_EINF_EKO

Plant in pur. info rec. M_EINF_WRK

Release code/group in Purchasing

M_EINK_FRG

Arr. ty., pur. org., pur. group in reb. arrang. M_KONA_ORG

Purchasing organization in vendor master M_LFM1_EKO

Vendor evaluation M_LIBE_EKO

Doc. type in SA deliv. schedule M_LPET_BSA

Purch. group in SA delivery schedule

M_LPET_EKG

Purch. organization in SA delivery schedule M_LPET_EKO

Plant in SA deliv. schedule M_LPET_WRK

Purchasing org. in source list

M_ORDR_EKO

Plant in s/list M_ORDR_WRK

Plant in quotas M_QUOT_WRK

Doc. type in outl. agmt.

M_RAHM_BSA

Purch. group in outl. agreement

M_RAHM_EKG

Purchasing org. in outl. agreement

M_RAHM_EKO

Plant in outl. agmt.

M_RAHM_WRK

Purchasing organization in master cond. V_KONH_EKO

Recommendation

You can also maintain authorization profiles manually. To do so, you