Menu Statistics in Roles?

[Former Member]

Hi,

In the PFCG,under Menu Tab,there is a option called Menu Statictics.

When I clicked on Menu Statistics,It display No of Nodes(folders,TCode & reports,Nodes of other types) & No of Node Texts(languages).

May I know what is node & its sub-option?

My senior teammate tells that if no of node increases,time to log in also increases.

Why particular Role affecting the User Log In Time?

Is it related to SEARCH_SAP_MENU Nodes?

What is Node Texts?Whether it tells a No of TCodes available in each languages?

If a TCodes are added through S_TCODE Object in a Role,Why it is not showing Menu Statistics?

If we add TCodes through S_TCODE ,it wont affect the login response time?

Sorry for a long question.Kindly help me find it out.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards

Karthika

[Former Member]

Hello Karthika

In ECC 6 nw7, we used to get some dumps for particular users frequently, named MESSAGE_TYPE_X:

giving Short text of error message:

Control Framework : Error processing control

however, im not a sap security expert, but we referred the Note 362883 - Easy Access: Error when opening folders, to our security team to get resolution for that issue...

So, this may be an answer for one of your quests, yes nodes do affect login time and even after login, sometimes executing some tcodes and give dumps..(we used to get these dumps for our userIDs too, but not now).

So may be you can start your search from this point of view

thanks

Bhudev

[sdipanjan]

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> In the PFCG,under Menu Tab,there is a option called Menu Statictics.
> When I clicked on Menu Statistics,It display No of Nodes(folders,TCode & reports,Nodes of other types) & No of Node Texts(languages).
> May I know what is node & its sub-option?
1. After logging into system, you used to get list of folders (one after another in different line) containing TCodes, Reports. You don't get two folders beside each other. Agree? Think about a work file, if you type putting on "bullets", you can distinguish each line with a dot. In role menu, these folders are also appearing in different row as if ... these are Nodes.
> My senior teammate tells that if no of node increases,time to log in also increases.
2. Yes. In that case the amount of data to be displayed in your front end / PC increases (Data transfer in KB from Application layer to Presentation layer) . But this difference is so low in amount. it doesn't make in difference except you have e very long user menu structure.
> Why particular Role affecting the User Log In Time?
3. To understand this, you need to have knowledge of User Buffer, Roll IN-Roll Out process, LRU Algorithm etc.). In layman language, the volume of authorization data to be loaded from DB to user Buffer is directly proportionate to time.
> Is it related to SEARCH_SAP_MENU Nodes?
4. No.
> What is Node Texts?Whether it tells a No of TCodes available in each languages?
5. The description of the folders. No. (answer of each line of question)
> If a TCodes are added through S_TCODE Object in a Role,Why it is not showing Menu Statistics?
6. User menu shows only the Entries present in the Role menu. If you add TCode by manually adding S_TCode in authorization tab of PFCG, it will not come into Menu anyhow and thus will NOT be shown in User menu.
> If we add TCodes through S_TCODE ,it wont affect the login response time?
7. Yes, it affects. Same concept as summarized in point 6.
> Karthika

[Former Member]

Hi Dipanjan ,

Thanks for your Answer.

But still I am in Doubt If we add TCode through S_TCODE , It wont apper in Menu Statics.

How can I find the No of Nodes for that type of Role?

I still didnt get the point, What is Node Text?

If we didnt create folder in Role , It will slightly reduce the log in time,right?

Kindly Clear my Doubts.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards

Karthika

Edited by: SAP_Karthika on Apr 12, 2009 12:00 PM

[sdipanjan]

> But still I am in Doubt If we add TCode through S_TCODE , It wont apper in Menu Statics.

Yes. You are right. If you go to Authorization Tab -> get into the Maintain authorization data screen -> then ADD S_TCODE Manually -> Add TCodes in this Object... Then these Tcodes will not be reflected in Role Menu in Menu Tab also in the User Menu of a particular user in his/her Easy Access screen.

> How can I find the No of Nodes for that type of Role?

Please go to TCode SE16 -> check the table AGR_HIER -> put role name and execute.

You can also do this manually by checking no. of Folders in the Menu tab (of course, if the role menu is not too long).

Another Table: AGR_OBJ

> I still didnt get the point, What is Node Text?

The Text Description of the Folder or TCode, Reports etc. (if TCodes or Reports are not assigned or grouped under any folder then each of them one after another from Top to bottom will represent a separate node).

> If we didnt create folder in Role , It will slightly reduce the log in time,right?

Really speaking, Login time is directly proportionate with your Authorization structure and not with Your User Menu of the SAP Easy Access screen. Obviously it will reduce data transfer from Application layer to the presentation layer if you reduce no. of Folders (for you.. Nodes), No. of duplicate Transactions (you can maintain this by using "Compress Menu" option in Role Menu tab of PFCG). But this data transfer and the time is so less (mili seconds) that doesn't matter.

> Kindly Clear my Doubts.

>

Please let me know if I am able to help you out a little bit.. Feel free to ask for any confusion.

Regards,

Dipanjan