Uploading Roles from Back-End Systems

Prerequisites

The system administrator has checked the back-end connections for the roles that you need to upload. For more information, see System Landscape Overview .

Context

You can create a new role by uploading it from a back-end ABAP system. You use the New Role from Back End wizard to search for the role in the selected back-end system, and then upload the role with its contents directly into the Portal Catalog, in the folder from which you initiated the upload.

Note

The result of creating a new role by uploading it from a back-end system is identical to the result of using the Role from Package option. For more information, see Uploading Roles from Packages .

Procedure

In the Portal Catalog, in the context menu of the folder that will contain the uploaded role, choose New Role Role from Back End .

The New Role from Back End wizard appears.
Search for the role or roles that you require, using the Search In dropdown list to select the alias of the back-end system, and the Search For field to define the ID of the role that you want to upload.

When you choose Go , all IDs that answer the search criteria are listed in the Available Roles column of the displayed table. The name of each role is displayed as a tooltip on each entry.
Select one or more roles for upload. You can use the Ctrl key to select multiple roles, and the Select All / Deselect All options in the table selection menu as needed.
Add the roles to the Selected Roles list using the and buttons, as appropriate.

Note
You can rename a selected role by changing its name in the Role Name column.
To add roles from other back-end systems, perform steps 2 to 4 again. The roles that you choose are added to those already in the Selected Roles list.
In the Define Settings step, you can define specific (non-default) settings to apply when uploading the roles, such as retaining the defined user mapping, converting back end roles to worksets, or setting the master language. At upload, default settings are applied unless otherwise specified.
Choose Start Upload . The upload process begins, and a progress bar tracks the process. For each object uploaded, a message is shown in the Status column of the displayed table. If errors and/or warnings occur, links to the required information are added in the Information column. Clicking the link displays a new browser window with the full list of error and warning messages.

When you complete the wizard, the uploaded roles are displayed in the selected Portal Catalog folder.

Note
If OBN has been defined in the role, the OBN information is added as well.

Next Steps

Results of Uploading Roles from Back-End Systems
You can create a new workcenter role - with no content - by using the context menu of the target folder. For more information, see Creating Workcenter Roles .