SAP authorizations: Recommendations for setting up, monitoring and controlling
SAP Security Concepts
It is important that, if necessary, the database is converted to an SAP S/4HANA database. In addition, various technical system components must be analyzed and adapted to the new environment. But restructuring must also be carried out at the organizational level. For example, the "old", or current, authorization concept must be analyzed, evaluated and, if necessary, fundamentally revised.
The Permissions check continues again if the table in question is a client-independent table. This is done by checking the S_TABU_CLI authorization object, which decides on maintenance permissions for client-independent tables. For example, the T000 table is a table that is independent of the client and would be validated. To enable a user to maintain this table by using the SM30 transaction, you must maintain the S_TABU_CLI authorization object, in addition to the table permission group or specific table, as follows: CLIIDMAINT: X.
Search for user and password locks
For these scenarios, there are several ways to determine which systems and clients to display to the user in the self-service selection. We therefore describe a possibility that you can use in all scenarios. To do this, use the BAPI BAPI_USER_GET_DETAIL, which you must call for the SAP User ID on all relevant systems. Check the entry for the RETURN table parameter first. If the entry is empty, the user is present in the SAPS system. Any error messages during the call are displayed in this parameter (e.g. if the user is not present). If the PROFILES or ACTIVITYGROUPS table parameters have entries, permissions in this system are assigned to the user. In addition, you can use the REF_USER export parameter to identify a reference user that is associated with it. However, you must also check that it has permissions. You can also determine if a lock exists when you call the BAPI BAPI_USER_GET_DETAIL. To do this, use the ISLOCKED export parameter, which returns a four-character combination of the L (locked) and U (not locked) characters.
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In a redesign, we follow the principle of job-related workstation roles to technically map the job profile of the employees. To minimize the effort for the same job profiles with different organizational affiliations, the organizational units are inherited via an additional role. The separation of technical and organizational requirements greatly simplifies role development and modification. If certain people, such as team leaders, require extended authorizations, key user roles are developed for them, which extend the existing job role.
Authorizations can also be assigned via "Shortcut for SAP systems".
The LSMW script works through the import file line by line and thus role by role.
For example, it is possible to assign parameters that should be maintained for all users, assign a company, or assign an SNC name.