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Describing Authorizations

Creating and Implementing an Authorization Concept

Assessment

Understanding Authorizations in General

Explaining Elements and Terminology of the ABAP Authorization Concept

Identifying Authorization Checks in the SAP System

Understanding Basic Terminology of Authorizations

Maintaining and Evaluating User Data

Understanding the Business User Concept

Creating Users

Creating Standard Roles

Creating Customizing Roles

Implementing a Composite Role Strategy

Implementing a Derived Role Strategy

Outlining Subtleties of Authorization Maintenance

Working with the Role Maintenance

Investigating Installation and Upgrade Tasks

Maintaining Access Control and User Administration

Implementing User and Authorization Management Strategies

Performing Basic Settings

Troubleshouting Authorization Checks

Using Traces to Maintain Role Menus and Authorizations

Using Traces

Transporting Authorization Components

Transporting Authorizations

Working with the Central User Administration

Administrating Users in the Company Landscape

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Exploring the Authorization Concept for SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite

Learn the fundamental knowledge of the authorization concept for SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite to secure application-level access to your SAP environments (Private Cloud and On-Premise). The role maintenance, as well as details about the elements, strategies, and tools of the authorization concept will be covered.

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Hello and welcome to this SAP Security learning journey! This learning journey is ideal for professionals requiring fundamental knowledge of the authorization concept for SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite. In this journey, you will learn the basic concepts of SAP security on the ABAP platform, as well as more advanced topics such as troubleshooting authorizations. First, we will introduce the foundational topic of authorizations and the role-based authorization concept. Authorizations are pivotal in ensuring that users have access only to the data and transactions essential for their roles. Then, we will provide an in-depth overview of the terminology used within the SAP authorization concept. Advancing further, we will shift our focus to the user master record. This will enhance your understanding of the business User Concept and illustrate the process of creating a user master record for business users. Next, we will delve into basic role maintenance functionalities and the automated generation of SAP Easy Access user menus tailored to various work centers. We will discuss associated authorizations, profiles, and user assignments. Additionally, this will describe advanced role maintenance, highlighting the extension of standard roles with distinctive properties and special features in role maintenance, such as traffic light indicators and authorization maintenance icons. Then, we will outline the critical steps required for installing Role Maintenance within an SAP environment and details the necessary actions post-upgrade. It further explains how to continue employing manually created profiles and elaborates on the established password rules and scenarios for user and authorization administration. Further, we will gain insight into the options available for analyzing authorization checks. We will explore the information system for user maintenance and the Audit Information System. Learn to utilize the system trace feature to efficiently maintain role menus, authorization data, and default values. Moving on, we will provide a comprehensive overview of transporting user master records, roles and check indicators. Efficient data transport mechanisms ensure seamless operations across various environments. Finally, we will present the fundamental principles of Central User Administration. By understanding these principles, you will be better equipped to decide on implementing Central User Administration within your organization, enhancing user and authorization management efficiency. We are excited that you are here and hope you enjoy your journey. Now, let's get started!