This book gives you a practical and comprehensive overview of the design and management of authorizations in SAP. You’ll learn how to develop a meaningful authorization concept that meets statutory requirements and is tailored to your business processes and how those processes are implemented as authorizations in your SAP system. In addition you’ll gain insight into which tools and functions of the change management process in SAP play a role in designing and implementing an authorizations concept, and learn about SAP NetWeaver IdM, CUA, SAP Business Objects Access Control, and the UME. Finally, you’ll discover how to implement an authorizations concept in various other SAP applications and components (SAP ERP, HCM, CRM, SRM, and BW).
Highlights:
Organization and permissions
Legal framework
Technical principles of the change management process
System preferences and customizing
Role assignment via Organizational Management
Role Manager
Central User Administration (CUA)
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management (IdM)
SAP BusinessObjects Access Control
User Management Engine (UME)
Authorizations in HCM, CRM, SRM, and BW
Permissions in Financial Accounting
Logistics and administration
Explains the business, organizational, and legal framework requirements for authorizations
Provides an overview of the technical fundamentals and customization of authorizations in SAP
Includes chapters on authorizations in web UIs and SAP Access Control
Volker Lehnert
Volker Lehnert has worked at SAP for eight years. He has worked for SAP (Switzerland) AG since 2008, where he is a consultant on all topics concerning the authorization system, and continuously returns the authorization system to its core questions: business functions, organizational concepts, and legal requirements. Within this scope, his consulting work focuses on authorization concepts, SAP BusinessObjects Access Control, and the processes of User Life Cycle Management. Furthermore, Volker Lehnert is co-author of the data privacy guideline of the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG).
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