3644275 - Task "Maintain User and Access Data" Remains in "In Progress" Due to Deprecated Security Policy in SAP Business ByDesign

While assigning access rights and attributes to a new employee, the update gets stuck at "In Progress" and does not complete. 

SAP Business ByDesign

1. Go to Personal Administration and select Regular Tasks, then choose Hire Employee.
2. Hire a new employee.
3. Go to Application and User Management and select Business Users.
4. Search for and select the hired business user.
5. Choose Edit.
6. Assign the required access rights and attributes.
7. Choose Save. The update status remains in "In Progress", and the following error message is displayed: "The S_BUSINESS_USER security policy is deprecated."

The business user is assigned the default security policy S_BUSINESS_USER, which is deprecated. This prevents the update from completing and keeps the status in "In Progress".

1. Go to Application and User Management and select Business Users.
2. Select Edit, then open the Attributes section.
3. In the Security Policy field, select S_BUSINESS_USER_V2 instead of S_BUSINESS_USER.
4. Choose Save.
5. The update status should now complete successfully

Note: For new employees, the system may assign the deprecated policy S_BUSINESS_USER by default. Update it to S_BUSINESS_USER_V2 before assigning access rights

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