Generating Authorization Profiles 

Use

Authorization profiles must be generated before they can be assigned to users. An authorization is generated for each authorization level in the browser view, and an authorization profile for the whole role as represented in the browser view.

Prerequisites

Before generating an authorization profile, the system checks that you are authorized for the object Maintain User Masters: Authorization Profile (S_USER_PRO).

If the changed profile is already assigned to some users:

You should only generate profiles after the users of the role you want to edit have logged off the system. If the users are logged on, they must logon again after generation to have the current authorizations.

Procedure

When you have maintained all fields and organizational levels, generate the authorizations or the profile of this role, by choosing or Authorizations ® Generate.

The following dialog box appears:

You can change the profile name and text.

When you generate an authorization profile the technical names of the authorizations are automatically reorganized.

You can display the technical names by choosing Utilities ® Technical names on. They comprise the activity profile name and a number in the range 00 - 99:
T_<role>nn, for example T_5002995604

To avoid problems with number assignment, you should reorganize the numbers nn from time to time. Choose Utilities ® Reorganize. This restarts the number assignment starting at 00.

You can display an overview of the existing authorization profiles for this role by choosing Authorizations ® Profile overview.

The overview contains profile names and their maintenance status (not generated, maintenance version, active version).

Result

Whenever you assign the role to a user, you can also assign the generated authorization profile to that user (see Assigning Profiles).

The system then displays the current status of the authorization profile: generated.

See also:

Regenerating Authorization Profiles Following Changes

Check roles for existing profiles