topic Delete User in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Delete User

Former Member — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 02:55:53 GMT

Hi,

We are using ECC6. We have a few users that have left. If I delete those users from SU01, will it remove the transaction done by the user, including transport?

Thank you.

Re: Delete User

mvoros — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:36:18 GMT

Hi,

deleting any data is not a good idea in most of the cases. This is true for all data, not just user master records. SAP does not delete transactional data created by a deleted user but you will have transactions in your system that are pointing to non-existent records. A usual approach is to remove roles from users, move them to a group TERMINATED and lock them so they can't be misused.

Cheers

Re: Delete User

Colleen — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:45:30 GMT

Hi ZL

For SAP master data and transactional data (e.g. financial documents) the data will not delete if you delete a user master. You will not have integrity issues with development or transactional items in the system.

Some of the things that can happen with deletion of user master:

User's selection variants, favourites, etc disappear - if account is recreated it they will not get these values back
background jobs scheduled User's Id start to fail - but this is no different to locking/expiring an account and periodic background jobs should run under system user instead.
possibly issues if any workflow items are in progress and the user is an agent

I take the same approach as Martin and Lock/Expire the user but not delete the account. I do this as it is a heap easier tracking a change document back to the user. However, SAP change documents for user account is a heap better that you can see the changes for the user address. If by chance a User Id is recycled, you can track who "owned" the account at the time it was in use Still, audit investigations are a heap easier when this doesn't happen.

Regards

Colleen