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The risk analysis reports, except the MIC report, contain a group of command pushbuttons below the selection criteria:

  • Execute

  • Simulate

  • Background

  • Reset

  • Search Variant

  • Save Variant

Their functionality is described in the following section.

Activities

Execute

Execute runs the report and opens it on your desktop. You can use the SAP icons to print the report, download the report, or view a different type of report format.

Simulate

To run “what-if” scenarios, you run a simulation analysis of adding actions, roles, or profiles to existing users, roles, HR objects, or organizations.

To perform the simulation:

  1. Enter the selection criteria, then choose Simulation.

  2. Add the Simulation Values to the simulation pane. Choose Simulate.

    The results screen displays the risks that would appear if you made this addition to the access. Risks that result only from the simulation are highlighted in gray, while existing risks are not highlighted.

    Note Note

    The last option in the Simulation-User Level screen is Risks from Simulation Only:

    • If you set this option to No, the report shows all existing risks and risks from the simulated addition.

    • If you set this option to Yes, the report shows only the risks resulting from the simulation.

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Background

You use background reporting to analyze risks for multiple users, roles, HR objects, or organizations.

To run a background job:

  1. Set the risk analysis parameters and select Background.

    The Schedule Background Job screen appears.

  2. Enter a name for this background job.

  3. Select Immediate start, or schedule a Delayed start for the background job.

    If you choose to schedule a delayed start, set the date and time for the job to begin.

  4. To run the background job more than once, choose Schedule periodically and set the schedule parameters.

  5. Choose Schedule.

    A message appears at the bottom of the page that includes a job ID number to indicate that the background job was scheduled successfully.

    You may also search for a background job that you have previously scheduled.

Reset

Reset returns all fields on the screen to default choices.

Save Variant and Search Variant

To save and reuse the selection criteria, you can save it as a variant.

Enter all the values you want to save for periodic reporting and choose Save Variant. A message appears at the bottom of the page that includes the variant name.

To reuse the saved values, choose Search Variant. Select the desired variant and choose Select to populate your screen with the retrieved selection criteria.

Note Note

The administrator for this capability can tell you if access assign through reference users is included in user level risk analysis. Risks related to access obtained through reference user assignment appears in a different color than direct assignment.

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Note Note

The administrator, when setting up a background job in the configuration area, has the added functionality to access an exclusion function. Here, the administrator can Add, Change, or Delete an exclusion object. Exclusion objects are used to exclude users, user groups, roles, and profiles from the batch risk analysis and report. The counts for these exclusions are available in the Management Report: for example, you can compare the number of roles analyzed in the report, versus the total number of roles in the system.

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