SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2490430 - How to set Permissions to Restrict Target Population to MDF Objects

Symptom

  • How to restrict users granted with a permission role to see only filtered values of a MDF object (e.g. Company/Legal Entity).
  • How to make objects/elements available/appear in granting section of permission role under "Specify the target population for the other objects".

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Resolution

  1. Navigate to Admin Center > Manage Permission Roles > [select a permission role]
  2. The object should be secured to appear in permission role for selection. Provide at least view access to the MDF object/ Element in same role to be able to see restriction at step "Specify the target population for the other objects" For example: Division. 
    Provide at least view access to the object or element in same role to be able to see restriction at step 3.png
  3. Scroll down to 'Grant this role to...' section, and click on 'Edit Granting';
  4. Under 'Specify the target population for the other objects.' section, check 'Restrict target population to:' and add the value which you want to be shown to granted users. For example, Company/Legal Entity:

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  1. Save the changes.
    NOTE: if the user is granted with another permission roles which grant wider permissions, restriction will be overridden.

  2. Once above is set up, granted users will see only filtered values of the restricted MDF object (e.g. Company/Legal entity) in:
    • Add new employee
    • People profile
    • Manage data

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NOTE: If the user in question is also in a role that has no restrictions in place, it will override the restricted permission role and grant full permission access to the object

Keywords

Role based, RBP, SF, Success Factors, EC, restrict, target population, MDF OBjects, permissions, "Specify the target population for the other objects" , KBA , specify the target population , restrict target population to , LOD-SF-EC-RBP , Roles & Permissions (EC Core only) , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions