User With Authorization via a Reference User

[myra_gill]

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

[kaus19d]

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?...

Also please check the below,

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

Thanks,

Kaushik

[myra_gill]

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?

[kaus19d]

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