B.07 - Authorization - Sales and Credit Block SOD

This workflow verifies that only properly authorized users have the ability to release sales orders from credit block on the specified SAP system. The workflow calls the Users by Authorization Values workflow to obtain a list of users authorized to execute the following transactions:

Transaction Description
* All transactions.
VKM1 Blocked SD Documents.
VA01 Create Sales Order.
VA02 Change Sales Order.

The Users by Authorization Values workflow also finds profiles that include the following authorization objects:

Authorization Object Field Value
V_KNKK_FRE ACTVT 23
V_VBUK_FRE ACTVT 23
V_VBAK_VKO ACTVT 01
V_VBAK_VKO ACTVT 02
V_VBAK_AAT ACTVT 01
V_VBAK_AAT ACTVT 02

The results are stored in the Results_B07 table dataset, which has the following columns:

Column Description
USERNAME SAP user account.
PROFILE A profile associated with this user account.
AUTH An authorization associated with the profile.
OBJECT The associated authorization object.
FIELD The authorization’s ‘Field’ value.
VON The authorization’s ‘From’ value.
BIS The authorization’s ‘To’ value.
Category Authorization category.
PERSNUMBER The user's personnel number.
NAME_FIRST The user's first name.
NAME_LAST The user's last name.
USTYP User type.
UFLAG User flag.

Creating RFC Destinations

Before you begin, you will need to create an RFC Destination for the SAP system you wish to analyze.

Preparing the Workflow

To prepare the B.07 - Authorization - Sales and Credit Block SOD workflow, drag its workflow template from the Templates folder into your own workspace, and modify the workflow as follows:

To specify the system to analyze:

  1. Select the System to Audit parameter and choose ‘Edit RFC Destination’ from its context menu to display the RFC Destination dialog.

  2. Select the RFC Destination for the system to analyze, then click ‘Save’.

Save the workflow using the ‘Save’ toolbar button.

Running the Workflow

To run the B.07 - Authorization - Sales and Credit Block SOD workflow, click the ‘Run’ toolbar button, choose ‘Run Now’ from the diagram’s context menu, or press F5. The currently running workflow action is marked with an animated display. When the workflow execution has completed, select the Results_B07 dataset and choose ‘View Details’ from the context menu to display the result table.