Setup field distribution parameters 

With a central user administration system, certain fields must be maintained centrally. It may be useful to maintain additional fields locally. If you maintain fields locally, you can decide whether these fields should be automatically redistributed.

The transaction SCUM under Basis ® Distribution (ALE) ® Model and implement business processes ® Configure predefined ALE business processes ® Cross-application business processes ® Create central user administration ® Setup field distribution parameters displays a list of fields whose distribution parameters you can set. Select a distribution model in the initial screen and save it. You go to the following screen.

By choosing Next page, you can display any additional fields.

Choose additional tab indexes so that you can also maintain the parameters of the other groups. To save your settings, choose Save. The settings are then automatically distributed to the dependent systems.

When setting up central user administration, you should try and set the individual field options you choose in this transaction only once. You should not frequently change the field maintenance flags.

Under the individual tabs, you can choose from among the following options (some options may not make sense for all tabs):

Global

Data can only be maintained in the central system and is completely distributed.

Proposal

A default value is maintained in the central system. This value is distributed when a user is created and is then maintained locally.

Redistribution

Data is maintained both centrally and locally. Each time data is changed locally, this change is redistributed to the central system and from there distributed to the other dependent systems.

Local

Data can only be maintained in the dependent system. Data changes are not distributed to other systems.

Everywhere

Data is maintained both centrally and locally. However, data changes are not redistributed to other systems.

The last tab Lock contains the following options for locking a user: you can specify that the user can only be locked/unlocked either locally or globally. For local/global unlocking, you can also choose the option Everywhere. You can also specify where a user can be unlocked following an incorrect logon.

If you make the settings for locking/unlocking users as above, a user can e.g. be unlocked globally. If the user is not unlocked in the local system, the lock still applies in the local system.