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What is Authorization in SAP

What is Authorization
The following SAP security training tutorials guides you about what is authorization in SAP. A
high authorization should consists the following features such as reliability, Security, Testability,
Flexibility and Comprehensibility etc. Authorization enables the SAP system to authorize the
users to access the SAP with assigned roles and profiles.

Authorization concepts

It determines the fundamental security of the SAP system where all the security functions are
controlled by the authorization concepts. It protects every individual fields so that every user
can perform his operation on screen that contains several fields. The users get only access for
the individual fields that related to his work, in this way the fields are protected from the
unauthorized access. For this authorization objects are defined and assigned to the users.

For single authorization object number of authorizations can be defined and effects the
dissimilar combination of field values with one another. Here authorizations are not directly
assigned to a users where the authorization updated in profiles.

we maintain profile for user by using transaction code “SU01” in SAP.

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Components of Authorizations

The important components of authorizations are as follows.

1. Authorization object: – The objects are created in ABAP and they contain fields to protect
from authorization, objects helps to prevent the users from unauthorized access.

2. Profiles: – Every user is assigned with certain profile to access the SAP system. SAP systems
provides standard profile for all operations to be perform in SAP for example SAP_ALL (All
system authorizations). We can create customized profiles as per organization requirements.

3. Groups: – It defines collections of activities that describes working area where the users are
assigned to a certain type of groups. For example SUPER (User with all authorizations),
Training (training participates) etc.

4. Roles: – It describes different types of users in SAP systems based on their roles. We can
define various types of roles such as single role, derived role and composite role.

5. User Master data: – User master record has to be created and maintained in all client with
authorized profiles and transported from test client to production client.

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