The purpose of role-based (user-specific) menus is to assign each R/3 System user precisely those activities needed to carry out the tasks for which he or she is responsible. These activities can then be offered in a process-oriented structure that makes them easier to find (in comparison with accessing via the standard menu). As a result, the inexperienced user (in particular) is no longer confronted by the entire SAP menu, with its all-embracing structure and panoply of functions. Instead, a vastly simplified, task-specific view is offered, which exactly covers his or her field of responsibility.

For simplicity’s sake, the following example is based on a role covering the following three fields of activity:

• Buyer
• Employee in the warehouse/stores
• Employee in invoice verification

Thus, just a once-only role assignment is necessary to carry out the process, whereas in practice three different members of staff would be involved.

To be able to assign a specific role to your user, you must have the relevant authorizations. If you cannot carry out the process step described in the following, please contact your system administrator. They need to assign the role IDES_MM3050 to your user.