User Management and Distribution with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management

Using central user management and distribution with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, you can have the system automatically create and distribute user data that an employee in your company needs in the various applications. In addition, SAP NetWeaver Identity Management can recognize changes to employee-related data automatically, and create, change, or (in the case of assignments) delete corresponding user data in the connected application systems.

The overall process described here assumes that the application component Personnel Administration of SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) is the main source of employee-related data. The overall process consists of the following steps:

Retrieval of Employee-Related Data by an SAP ERP HCM system
Processing of this data in the SAP NetWeaver Identity Management system
Distribution of the data to connected application systems (for instance SAP ERP Financials, SAP ERP Operations, SAP Customer Relationship Management, SAP Supply Chain Management)
Automatic Data Maintenance of Employee-Related Communication Data in SAP ERP HCM using SAP NetWeaver Identity Management

Implementation Considerations

The description of central user management and distribution in a diverse system landscape covers a variety SAP products. You can only use this overall process if SAP NetWeaver Identity Management is installed and has been connected to the corresponding application systems. The SAP products and versions you need for mapping particular distribution processes are described in the various application cases that are part of this documentation.

The features described for user management and distribution are available as of version SAP NetWeaver Identity Management 7.1.

More Information

For additional information about SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, see the SAP library on SAP Help Portal under http://help.sap.com SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver Identity Management 7.1 .