Professional Documents
Culture Documents
master records before you can use the SAP System. A user can only log on to the system if he or she has a user master record. A user menu and authorizations are also assigned to the user master record via one or more roles.
Application Server
Dispatcher
Operating System
...
OS User
Admin. User
Database Server
Database Server
Operating System
OS User
DB User
All user data required for R/3 System access is stored in the user master record in eight categories
Types of users
Authorization Concept
User master record Profile
Authorization for Task A
Action
Action
Vendor
Company code
Material
Plant
Authorization Check
SAP GUI Dynpro
Authority Check
User Context
OK?
No
Yes
Message
Processing
Authorization Objects
Authorization Customer company code: Authorization A
0001-0009 display, change
Authorization object Object class Financial Accounting Object: Customer company code
Company Code Activity
display
Fields
ACTIVITY
Value
01 02 03 06 07 08 22 24
Meaning
Create Change Display Delete Activate Display change documents Assign authorization profiles Archive
AUTH
OBJECT
Authorization objects
QAS System
Information System