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User With Authorization via a Reference User

myra_gill — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:29:46 GMT

I have a user that is associated to a Reference User for authorizations. This user also has an additional role associated directly to the user.

I understood that when the user executes an application that it would use access on the reference user first and then it would use the access directly on the user.

This does not seem to be happening.

Am I missing something in my user setup?

Regards,

Myra Gill

Re: User With Authorization via a Reference User

kaus19d — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 23:04:22 GMT

Hi Myra Gill,

Did not understood what is happening exactly in your system, could you please elaborate.

If a user is assigned to a reference user, it inherits the authorizations from this reference user.

Please check the definition of reference User in below,

https://help.sap.com/doc/saphelp_crm60/6.0.0.14/en-US/46/7bd39577c12327e10000000a114a6b/content.htm?no_cache=true

Also please check the below,

https://blogs.sap.com/2013/09/23/user-type-reference-not-always-taken-into-account/

Thanks,

Kaushik

Re: User With Authorization via a Reference User

myra_gill — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:25:39 GMT

Kaushik,

I understood that if a user was assigned a reference user that it would use the authorization from the reference user (first) then it would use the authorization on the user itself.

Is that true?

Re: User With Authorization via a Reference User

kaus19d — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:28:17 GMT

Hi Myra Gill,

Generally, the application controls the allocation of reference users. You can allocate the name of the reference user using variables. The variables should begin with "$". You assign variables to reference users in transaction SU_REFUSERVARIABLE.

The dialogue user will just inherit access from the Reference user.

What is the issue you are facing exactly, care to ellaborate

Thanks,

Kaushik