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1858484 - SAP Reference user concept does not work in SAP Business Objects

Symptom

When using the Reference user concept , Every user is tagged to a reference user and hence do not have any "Role" assigned
directly in the SU01 tab.

It seems that this concept fails in SAP Business Objects user administration (CMC).

If the user has access to the backend ABAP through a 'Reference user' then his userId will not be reflected in SAP Business Objects imported Roles.

NOTE

The functionality of reference users is defined in SAP as:

“Reference users are used to equip large numbers of similar users (such as Internet users) with identical authorisations".

 


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Environment

SAP Business Objects 3.x

SAP Business Intelligence 4.x

SAP BW

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0

Keywords

KBA , BI-BIP-ADM , BI Servers, security, Crystal Reports in Launchpad , Problem

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