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Security and Authorizations
Security and Authorizations
- 20 Uses for ABAP on BW Projects
by Ned Falk, Senior Education Consultant, SAP America
BW reduces the need for ABAP for most reporting tasks, but most BW projects could benefit from having an experienced ABAPer available. This is particularly true for data preparation and preprocessing functions. The author shows how an ABAP programmer would be useful in 20 different areas.
- 21 Tips for Managing a Multi-Project BW Implementation
by Michael Loveless, BI Strategic Architect, Sapiex, Inc.; and Brian McCartan, Associate Partner, Business Analytics Lead,
IBM Global Services
At some point, your BW project team may be faced with several implementation projects occurring at the same time. Because of the highly shared nature of objects in the BW architecture, this scenario can cause significant problems for the project management team. The authors share their expertise in coping with such situations and offer tips to help you avoid many of the pitfalls common in a multi-project implementation.
- Ask the BW Expert: How to Protect Your InfoPackages from Accidental Changes
by Gary Nolan, Platinum Consultant, SAP America Inc.
Inadvertent changes to production InfoPackages can be a real nuisance for system administrators. The author offers an easy way to protect InfoPackages using standard BW functionality that prevents users from changing InfoPackages mistakenly while allowing for planned maintenance.
- Avoid These Common Pitfalls in Using Reporting Authorizations With and Without Hierarchies
by Robert Williams, Business Intelligence Project Manager
Avoid unexpected report results when you use hierarchy authorizations by taking these simple steps.
- Custom Data Slices Protect Your BI Integrated Planning Data
by Shailesh Unny, Senior Consultant, BearingPoint (March 2009)
You can use a custom data slice and standard exit functionality to create a data slice that you can lock and unlock. This allows the person responsible for BI Integrated Planning (BI-IP) configuration to set up a BI-IP layout in which users cannot update data cells manually.
- Ensure Business Access Segregation by Automatically Generating SAP NetWeaver BW Analysis Authorizations
by Jonathan D. Griffith, SAP NetWeaver BW Subject Matter Expert and BI Solutions Center Tools Team Lead, FirstEnergy Corp. (October 2009)
Learn about an alternative method for creating and maintaining complex business access segregation rules that does not involve having your employees manually assign and revoke SAP NetWeaver BW roles with every employee job transfer. Through the use of analysis authorizations and security data models, you can update your SAP NetWeaver BW security automatically to reflect the latest changes to users as well as business rules governing data access.
- Protect Your SAP BPC
Data in Just 4 Steps
by Uday Gupta,
Senior BI Architect
(January 2009)
To ensure that only authorized users have access to sensitive data and that system administrators have the access they need to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC), follow these four simple steps within the SAP BPC security console.
- SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation: Administrator and Power User Best Practices for Configuring Authorizations and Authentication
by Ryan Leask, Senior Director, BPC Solution Management, Enterprise Performance Management, SAP, and Prakash Darji, Director, BPC Solution Management, Enterprise Performance Management, SAP BusinessObjects (December 2009)
When a power user creates an application in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, users must be assigned and given authorization to read and write data that they own. Take an in-depth look at how authentication and authorization are set up to ensure users can only work with the regions of data they own. This information can help you ensure that your data remains accurate and that you aren’t violating any data governance policies your company may have.
- SAP NetWeaver 2004s: New Analysis Authorizations Ease Administration
by Ned Falk, Senior Education Consultant, SAP America
A new transaction in SAP NetWeaver 2004s eases the task of creating and optionally assigning reporting authorizations to users. Get expert advice about using transaction RSECADMIN.
- SAP NetWeaver 2004s: What's New in the BI Back End
by Ned Falk, Senior Education Consultant, SAP America
Take a peek at the new features in SAP NetWeaver BI, which is part of SAP NetWeaver 2004s.
- SAP NetWeaver BI Security for Complex Requirements
by Shahid Manzur, BI Architect, SAP Labs, and Marc Bernard, Chief Architect, NetWeaver RIG, SAP Labs
In SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0, you can join multiple authorizations. However, the union is only possible at an aggregated level. Find out how to implement analysis authorizations for unions and see a custom solution that helps overcome this limitation.
- Use Authorization Objects to Provide Flexible BW Security
by Raju Veludandi, BW Practice Director, Compugra Systems, Inc.
BW security is different and often more difficult to implement than R/3. The author explains how to secure the data in your BW system, focusing on several key points. He discusses authorization objects, transaction code components, and the relationship between them. Examples show you how to provide your users with a flexible and safe system.
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