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Understanding SAP security roles

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Understanding SAP security roles

- [Instructor] SAP has customizable security roles. Let's take a look at how they work. Not every SAP end user will have the same access in the system. When a user profile is first created, they are mapped to a security role. The role that the user is mapped to will either allow or deny access to different transactions. The assigned security role will also allow or deny access to different organizational levels in the system. Organizational levels are things like company code, plant, or sales organization. Security roles in SAP ensure that there is a segregation of duties across a business. They make sure that the right people are doing the right transactions in the right areas of the system. Let's look at an example. Let's imagine there's a shop floor manager and she's mapped to a role called manufacturing manager California. This manufacturing manager California role allows her to approve time off for her direct…

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