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Function documentationAnalysis of the Effects on the Users

 

Using the Impact Analyzer, you can analyze the user interfaces that are affected and find out which roles and users are influenced if you activate a business function.

This enables you to answer the following questions before you activate a business function:

  • Which training material is affected?

  • To what extent does the training material have to be adjusted?

  • Which users have to be informed and may need delta training courses or materials?

Prerequisites

The Impact Analyzer analyzes information from the Role Maintenance transaction (PFCG). Therefore, in order to be able to use the Impact Analyzer fully, you must have created roles to which the related transactions and users are assigned.

Features

  • The Impact Analyzer determines all roles (roles of the transaction PFCG) in which applications are entered that change when the business function is activated. Using the roles, it determines the assigned users. For each business function, the Impact Analyzer shows which roles and users and which tasks and transactions are affected by changes to the interfaces or processes.

  • The Impact Analyzer evaluates the following user interfaces:

    • Transactions

    • Portal i-Views and portal roles

    • Reports/programs of the ABAP-based system

    • WebDynpro ABAP applications

  • You have the following selection options for the analysis:

    • Evaluation of all business functions planned for the activation

      Choose Start of the navigation path Impact Analyzer Next navigation step Planned BFs End of the navigation path.

      Note Note

      This may take a few minutes due to the dataset to be evaluated.

      End of the note.

    • Evaluation of an individual business function planned

      In SFW5, select a business function and choose Start of the navigation path Impact Analyzer Next navigation step Planned BFs End of the navigation path

    • Selection of one or more business functions with own selection options

      Choose Start of the navigation path Impact Analyzer Next navigation step Free Selection End of the navigation path. There you have several options for selecting the business function and can choose the layout of the output list.

      You can call up this function independently of transaction SFW5 using the report SFW_IMPACT_ANALYZER.

  • The Impact Analyzer provides both an overview and a detailed view.

  • Business functions that exist for information purposes only and do not switch anything from a technical point of view cannot be evaluated using the Impact Analyzer. For information, see the description of the given business function.