Understanding Role-Based Access To Price Elements

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to understand the Role-Based access to price elements

Role-Based Access to Price Elements

High-Level Scope

Configure which user roles can access and/or change which price and cost details of a pricing procedure in sales contracts.

Benefit and Business Value

Restrict access to sensitive price and cost information and/or control change capabilities of price elementsĀ in sales contracts.

Availability

Role-based access is available for the following apps:

  • Manage Sales Contracts - Version 2
  • Create Sales Contracts - VA41
  • Change Sales Contracts - VA42
  • Display Sales Contracts - VA43
A diagram explaining sensitivity configuration, pricing procedure, and price elements of a sales contract.
Enable Role-Based Access to Price Elements per SOT screens with a Sales Contract SAP Object highlighted and enabled.

Role: Configuration Expert

Configuration Activity:

You set up the SOT of role-based access in Enable Role-Based Access to Price Elements per SOT. In this activity, you must enable the SAP Object Type of sales contract to set up the access.

Set up access levels for Price Elements. There are three access levels: 1000 (Low Sensitivity - Read and Write), 3000 (Medium Sensitivity - Read, no Write), and 5000 (High Sensitivity - no Read).

Role: Configuration Expert

Configuration Activity:

You set up the access levels in Define Access Levels for Price Elements. In this activity, you set up access levels according to the degree of sensitivity of specific price elements.

grant the access to selected price elements for business users in Maintain Business Roles.

Role: Administrator

Configuration Activity:

You grant the access to selected price elements for business users in Maintain Business Roles. Here, you can define the restrictions for the Access to Price Elements restriction type.

Note

The SOT of sales contracts shall be enabled in as the first step.
Assign the appropriate access level to a condition type or to a subtotal line in a pricing procedure in Set Pricing Procedure.

Role: Configuration Expert

Configuration Activity:

You assign the appropriate access level to a condition type or to a subtotal line in a pricing procedure in Set Pricing Procedure.

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