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3649516 - Users who own the System Owner role cannot assign themselves scoped role in Datasphere

Symptom

 In Datasphere, for users with the system owner role, the ROLES column is displayed as grey on the Users page, rendering it impossible to assign any appropriate role to it in here. 

Environment

SAP Datasphere

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigation bar.
  2. Security -> Users.
  3. Locate user with system owner role.

Cause

System behavior.

Resolution

The system works as design. To assign a role to a user with the system owner role, please follow these steps: 

  1. Navigate to the `Roles` page by selecting **Security -> Roles**. 
  2. Switch old UI via clicking **Show Former Interface** button
  3. Locate the relevant scoped role you wish to assign and click the **Users** button. 
  4. In the Users section, click the **+** to add the user with the system owner role and the appropriate space.
  5. Once completed, the user with the system owner role will be successfully assigned to the specified role. 

Keywords

DWC, DSP, Scoped role, Global role, custom role, permission, grant, authorized, authorization. , KBA , DS-SEC-AUTZ , Authorizations (Locks, etc.) , Problem

Product

SAP Datasphere all versions