S.36 - Compare All Roles for User List

This workflow compares authorization roles for one or more users between SAP clients on the same system or across systems. Some of the possible uses for this workflow are:

  • To verify that changes made in a Development system have been migrated to QA or Production.

  • To audit the authorizations assigned to each user in each client or system.

  • To provide authorization documentation.

The results are stored in the Compared Roles Table dataset, which has the following columns:

Column Description
<Status> The comparison status for the role.
System The compared system’s System ID. This column is blank for roles that are the same.
ROLE The name of a compared role.
OBJECT The name of a role object.
FIELD The name of an authorization.
LOW The authorization's 'low' value.
HIGH The authorization's 'high' value.
INACTIVE This column is set to 'X' if the object is inactive.

The <Status> column may contain any of the following values:

Column Description
= The role’s authorizations are the same on each system.
X The role’s authorizations are different in each system. These table rows are shown in red with a yellow background.
1 The role exists in the first compared system only. These table rows are shown with a cyan background.
2

The role exists in the second compared system only. These table rows are shown with a cyan background.

Creating RFC Destinations

Before you begin, you will need to create RFC Destinations for the SAP systems you wish to compare.

Preparing the Workflow

To prepare the S.36 - Compare all Roles for User List workflow, drag its workflow template from the Templates folder into your own workspace, and modify the workflow as follows:

To specify the systems to compare:

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

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

Repeat the above steps to link the System 2 parameter to the RFC Destination for the second system to compare.

To specify the users to compare:

  1. Select the User List parameter and choose ‘Edit Table’ from its context menu to display the Table Editor dialog.

  2. Modify the entries in the NAME column to specify the user to compare. See the Table Parameters help topic for details.

Save the workflow using the ‘Save’ toolbar button.

Running the Workflow

To run the S.36 - Compare all Roles for User List 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 Compared Roles dataset and choose ‘View Details’ from the context menu to display the result table.