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Use

You can switch between an anonymous service user and an individual user while maintaining the PI sheet or cockpit. A service user is a user that is available to a larger, anonymous user community. The service user only has display authorization for the PI sheet and cockpit. The header of the PI sheet or cockpit always shows the name of the user currently logged on to the system. To switch from the individual user to the service user, choose Log On . To switch from the service user to the individual user, choose Log On . If you choose Log Off , the system switches back to the service user.

Scenario

The scenario describes how a group of process operators logs on to the system using the service user and calls up the PI sheet or cockpit in display mode. If entries need to be made or functions need to be called in the PI sheet or cockpit, the corresponding process operator must log on using his or her individual user ID and password. The system then switches over to the change mode. The process operator can choose Log Off any time to log off again, for example, if his or her part of the process is completed. The system then automatically switches back to the service user, and the PI sheet and cockpit cannot be changed anymore.

You can benefit from this function as follows:

  • Role-specific authorization concept You can, for example, create a role-specific authorization concept for PI sheet maintenance. A service user may, for example, only display the PI sheet, whereas a process operator may also change it. Only the shift manager may, however, lock and unlock process steps.

Increased security Using such an authorization concept, you gain higher security since PI sheets can only be maintained with an individual user. If you have activated logging, the system logs who carried out which actions in the PI sheet. Thus, you can, for example, track who executed a jump to quality management (QM).

For more information about logging in the PI sheet, see Logging in Browser-Based PI Sheets .

  • Faster user change Since you do not need to log off from the SAP system when switching between the service user and the individual user, a user change is much faster.

Note the following for this function:

  • To execute the user change, you must first log on to the SAP system with a service user. Otherwise the function is not available.

  • A user change can only be executed if only one session is open.

  • You cannot change between different languages.

  • You cannot change between different clients.

For more information on how to create a service user, see:

Creating and Maintaining User Master Records

Maintaining Logon Data