Risk: historically grown authorizations
Task & functionality of the SAP authorization concept
A universally applicable template for a reliable and functioning authorization concept does not exist due to the individuality and the different processes within each company. Therefore, the structures of the company and the relevant processes must be analyzed in detail during the creation process. Some core elements of the authorization concept to be created can be defined in advance. These include the overarching goal, the legal framework, a naming convention, clarification of responsibilities and process flows for both user and authorization management, and the addition of special authorizations. Only with clearly defined responsibilities can the effectiveness of a concept be guaranteed.
The SAP CO module is the module for classic controlling in a company. Part (the responsible area) of it is the control and analysis of costs. This also includes the control of the cost types and the cost rates that are incurred and posted in the company. Controlling then usually reports directly to the company management. It is supported by the tools from the SAP CO module, which can provide comprehensive evaluations and analyses. SAP CO can be subdivided into several further subareas. These include, for example, CO-PC (Product Cost Accounting), CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) or PCA (Profit Center Accounting).
User master data
Insert SAP Notes 1656965 and 1793961 into your system. With these hints, the report RSUSR_LOCK_USERS is delivered or extended. This report supports automatic selection and blocking of inactive users. To do this, you have to select the criteria in the selection screen of the RSUSR_LOCK_USERS report, according to which you want to lock or invalidate users. You can determine the choice of users by using various criteria. It is recommended to take into account the period since the last login in the Days since last login field and the password status in the Days since password change field. You have the option to check the result of the selection and view the users found. To do this, select the Test of Selection action in the Select Action pane. You can also choose between the User Lock-outs (Local Lock-outs) and User Unlock (Local Lock-outs) actions in this area. You can set the end of a user's validity by clicking the corresponding options for "today" or "yesterday". Note that you can only set the validity for current users.
When creating the permission concept, a naming convention is defined for PFCG roles. Every customer has his own preferences or specifications, which must be adhered to. According to our project experience, some naming conventions are particularly attractive. Naming conventions for PFCG roles can be very diverse. You will have noticed that even the roles provided by SAP do not correspond to a uniform naming convention. So there are roles whose names start with SAP_. There are also roles, such as for the SRM system, that start with the /SAPSRM/ namespace. In this tip we would like to give you some hints and criteria that you can use to help define a naming convention of PFCG roles.
"Shortcut for SAP systems" is a tool that enables the assignment of authorizations even if the IdM system fails.
For performance reasons, if you want to archive in shorter intervals, you should always archive all archive objects at the same time and store the PFCG and IDENTITY archive object classes in separate archives.
Now it goes to the recording, in the eCATT language called patterns.