In SAP, especially in the modern SAP S/4HANA system, business partners are a central method of managing important data about business partners such as customers, suppliers, employees or even real estate. Previously, such data was maintained separately in different areas (e.g. for customers or suppliers), which often led to duplication of work. Today, this isContinue reading “What are SAP Business Partners and how does it work?”
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Create and maintain business partners
In the last article, we explained what business partners are in S/4 HANA. How they facilitate the management of master data and how you can protect them. Today we will take a step-by-step look at how to create and maintain business partners. First open the BP transaction in the SAP menu. You now have theContinue reading “Create and maintain business partners”
SAP FIORI: Tools for error analysis
Tools such as the SUIM or authorization traces in the SAP GUI are often not helpful for Fiori applications when it comes to error analysis. In this article, you will learn which tools and methods you can use instead to analyze and resolve authorization problems in Fiori apps. SAP Fiori applications run in the browserContinue reading “SAP FIORI: Tools for error analysis”
Authorizing Fiori apps – a practical guide
In our last blog post on the topic of Fiori and its individual elements, you received some important initial information. In this article, we will show you a concrete example of how to implement Fiori authorizations in practice. Step 1: Roll construction in the PFCG Let’s start in the SAP GUI with transaction PFCG, whereContinue reading “Authorizing Fiori apps – a practical guide”
Spaces, Pages, Cataloges? What is what in SAP Fiori?
Spaces, Pages, Cataloges? What is what in SAP Fiori? What used to be groups are now called Spaces. Or are they Pages? And what exactly are Sections? Today we explain what is behind the new Fiori content objects. The Fiori Launchpad consists of pinned areas that you can design individually. But what fills what? WhereContinue reading “Spaces, Pages, Cataloges? What is what in SAP Fiori?”
Firefighter authorizations
Firefighter user help to solve problems quickly and are used for infrequent or irregular activities. With firefighters, you can keep user authorizations lean because they can fall back on these emergency users in case of doubt. However, the use of firefighters in SAP systems is a critical issue for system security and compliance. That isContinue reading “Firefighter authorizations”
Audit-proof SAP authorizations
Customers want “audit-proof” authorizations, but what exactly does that mean? What exactly do auditors scrutinize and which authorizations are classified as particularly critical? We’ll find out today.
Securely authorize table access
Table authorizations are necessary and at the same time a security risk. Find out how you can optimize table access authorizations.
Fiori 3.0: What Spaces, Pages and Sections are all about
Fiori is no longer a new technology. But the latest version has brought a whole series of changes that are also relevant for authorized users. We take a look at what the new Fiori objects Spaces, Pages and Sections are all about – and how they affect authorizations.
Identity Services – the gateway to the SAP cloud world
Identity Directory Service An SAP directory service in which all user and group assignments are stored (analogous to e.g.AD/AAD) Identity Provisioning Service A service that provisions group assignments in the backend system, including attribute mappings and transformations Identity Authentication Service The IdP from SAP. This can be used to implement MFA and SSO scenarios orContinue reading “Identity Services – the gateway to the SAP cloud world”