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Procedure documentation Defining Analysis Authorizations  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Prerequisites

See: Prerequisites for the Management of Analysis Authorizations.

Procedure

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       1.      On the SAP Easy Access screen for SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, choose SAP Menu → Business Explorer→ Management of Analysis Authorizations.

       2.      Specify the technical name for the authorization and choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Create. The Maintain Authorizations screen appears.

       3.      Enter a description for the authorization.

       4.      Add the characteristics 0TCAACTVT (activity), 0TCAIPROV (InfoProvider) and 0TCAVALID (validity) using This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Insert Special Characteristics.

Recommendation

We recommend that you include these special characteristics in every authorization.

You do not have to include these special characteristics in every authorization, but we recommend it for reasons of simplicity. Every user, however, has to have authorizations for each of these special characteristics.

By default, they are assigned standard values in the intervals:

Read(03) is set as the default activity, always valid (*) is set as the validity, and all (*) is set for the InfoProvider. In addition, you need to assign the activity Change (02) for changes to data in BI Integrated Planning.

       5.      Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Insert Row. Using input help, you can select characteristics and navigation attributes that were previously flagged as authorization-relevant.

If you want to create an authorization for a specific InfoProvider, you can choose InfoCube Authorizations instead and select an InfoProvider. This makes selecting the characteristics easier. The system then determines the characteristics in this InfoProvider that have been flagged as authorization-relevant. You can select the required characteristics and specify if aggregation authorization (:) or full authorization (*) is to be assigned.

       6.      Using This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Detail Maintenance of Characteristic/Dimension, you access maintenance of values and hierarchy authorizations for the characteristic.

       7.      On the Value Authorizations tab page, you can specify an interval or a single value. You have the following options:

○       With the information in the column Including/Excluding, you control whether this value or value interval is included or excluded (Excluding is only possible for 0TCAVALID). With the Operator column, you can still specify this information.

More information: Settings for Value Authorizations

○       You can insert an exit variable with Insert Exit Variable.

More information: Authorizations with Variables.

○       You can use This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Check to see whether your specifications are useful. For more explanation, see the long texts for the messages that are displayed when you click the messages.

       8.      On the Hierarchy Authorizations tab page, you can specify one or more hierarchies. With the This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Hierarchy Authorization Maintenance Dialog you can

○       Specify one or more hierarchy nodes

○       Make settings for the type of hierarchy authorization, the hierarchy level, and area of validity.

More information: Settings for Hierarchy Authorizations

       9.      Save the authorization. While the data is being saved, the system checks if the format of the value authorizations is correct and displays a warning if necessary. The system corrects errors and adds them to the log.

Result

The authorization can only be assigned to one user.

See Assigning Authorizations to Users.

 

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