topic Re: Authorization with DUMMY in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693193#M889318 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why do we use Dummy instead of leaving out the field from the authorization check?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:18:42 GMT Former Member 2008-04-14T13:18:42Z Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693191#M889316 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi experts,</P><P></P><P>What does it mean if in the authority check there is a dummy? The program cannot absolve this authorization check successfuly, what is the problem. I have full authority for all components, could it caused by the dummy? </P><P>I have the following code:</P><P></P><P> AUTHORITY-CHECK OBJECT 'P_TRAVL'</P><P> ID 'bukrs' FIELD w_header-bukrs</P><P> ID 'authp' DUMMY</P><P> ID 'persa' DUMMY</P><P> ID 'kostl' DUMMY</P><P>....</P><P>....</P><P>....</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:53:28 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693191#M889316 Former Member 2008-04-14T12:53:28Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693192#M889317 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>DUMMY -- means you don't want to check/include </P><P>this field for authorization check ...</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:03:15 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693192#M889317 Former Member 2008-04-14T13:03:15Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693193#M889318 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why do we use Dummy instead of leaving out the field from the authorization check?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:18:42 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693193#M889318 Former Member 2008-04-14T13:18:42Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693194#M889319 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi, some code checking routines (e.g. checkman) would write an error for that statement (SLIN_AUTH - you might have forgotten it), </P><P>Regards, Norbert</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:56:59 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693194#M889319 former_member293734 2008-04-14T14:56:59Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693195#M889320 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Instead of ID name FIELD f, you can also write ID name DUMMY. This means that no check is performed for the field concerned. </P><P>The check can only be performed on CHAR fields. All other field types result in 'unauthorized'. </P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Sriram Ponna.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:00:50 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693195#M889320 Former Member 2008-04-14T15:00:50Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693196#M889321 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Norbert, </P><P></P><P>Could you make it clean? What should I check?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:53:04 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693196#M889321 Former Member 2008-04-14T15:53:04Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693197#M889322 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Basically same authorization object is used for many programs, so for example 3 fields 'a','b','c' are added to an authorization object. this auth obj is used in two programs .</P><P>in the first program you want to put a check on 'a' so you will keep 'b' and 'c' as dummy .</P><P></P><P>so bottom line is auth obj becomes reusable.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:08:02 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693197#M889322 Former Member 2008-04-14T18:08:02Z Re: Authorization with DUMMY https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693198#M889323 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:18:30 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/authorization-with-dummy/m-p/3693198#M889323 Former Member 2008-04-21T12:18:30Z