You can manage the master data for financials in one of the following environments:

• SAP NetWeaver Business Client

  If you want to use SAP NetWeaver Business Client for managing your master data in Financials, you can create, define, or configure the role for the Business Client in the SAP ERP system. Perform the steps described under Assign and personalize the role. You can now start the necessary steps without using the SAP NetWeaver Portal. You can use the role for testing or when the portal is inactive.

  Check the settings of the authorization objects within the roles and restrict them, if applicable.

• SAP NetWeaver Portal

  The SAP NetWeaver portal content for MDG-F is derived directly from the menu roles. To create SAP NetWeaver menu roles, you must log on to the portal and upload the content information from your backend system menu roles.

   Note

  You must install the Business Package for Common Parts in the SAP NetWeaver Portal before you can upload the MDG roles.

  End of the note.

  To upload the portal content, perform the following:

  1. Set up the SAP NetWeaver Portal for MDG.

  2. In the Content Administration work center, choose  Portal Content Managment Portal Content and select a portal content folder to upload the portal content.

  3. Right-click on the folder and choose  New Role Role from Back End .

  4. Select the system and client (or the connected system alias) you want to upload the role information from. This should be your hub system.

  5. From the list displayed, select the menu roles SAP_MDGF_ACC_MENU_04, SAP_MDGF_CTR_MENU_04, and SAP_MDGF_CO_MENU_04, and begin the upload.

  Once the MDG portal roles have been uploaded, you must assign them as follows:

  1. Log on to the portal.

  2. Choose Delegated User Administration.

  3. Enter your user ID and choose Go.

  4. Mark the line of your user and choose Modify.

  5. Select the Assigned Roles tab.

  6. Enter MDG as the search criteria.

  7. Select the portal role you have previously uploaded.

  8. Choose Add and save.

  After assigning the user role, you need to log off and log on again to the portal. For more information on uploading roles, see SAP Note 1685257.