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User Master Record

Aninda 9 Comments , ,

A valid user master record must exist for all users accessing the SAP system. The user master is accessed through the transaction SU01 (there is a separate version of the tcode, SU01D for display).

SU01 - User Maintenance
SU01 - User Maintenance

There are a number of tabs for maintainining different data for the users. Some of the more important tabs with the data they contain are given below.

  • Address – First, Last Names, Department, Email, Telephone, Language
User Maintenance - Address Data
User Maintenance - Address Data
  • Logon Data – Password, User Group, User Type, Validity
User Maintenance - Logon Data
User Maintenance - Logon Data
  • Parameters – User Parameters
User Maintenance - Parameters
User Maintenance - Parameters
  • Roles – These give access to the differenet function with the SAP system
User Maintenance - Roles
User Maintenance - Roles
  • Profiles – Lists the profiles corresponding to the role entries
User Maintenance - Profiles
User Maintenance - Profiles
  • License Data – License type for user. This field is evaluated as part of license audits.
User Maintenance - License Data
User Maintenance - License Data

9 thoughts on “User Master Record”

  • Gaurav Shrivastav
    October 11, 2011 at 8:18 am
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    Hi Aninda,

    Thanks for the stuff.
    one question here. What is the use of Personalization tab in SU01 ?
    Is it possible to customize these tabs for users ?

    Thanks
    Gaurav S

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  • Basha
    January 8, 2013 at 6:12 am
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    Dear Aninda,

    What is the difference b/w usr group in the logon tab and in Group tab?

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    • Hi basha
      October 22, 2013 at 11:38 pm
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      r u Egyptian basha ?

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  • Avinash
    February 4, 2013 at 3:38 pm
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    Hi Basha,

    the authorization group is to segregate the users based on the authorization check.
    it is generally used in the authorization object s_user_grp
    ex: MM,SD,HR

    whereas the user group present in group tab is used for reporting purpose only.

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  • sajal
    July 25, 2013 at 10:55 am
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    can u plz explain the parameters tab in su01.

    thanks once again for providing security topics with screen shots ..you r doing a grt job!!

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    • AnindaPost author
      July 26, 2013 at 9:41 pm
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      parameters are used for providing default values for a user in various transactions. For example, there are parameters to control which plant or comapny code you work for. So any transactions you execute will have plant/company code values already filled in.

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  • bhargav
    September 20, 2013 at 1:07 am
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    Hi Aninda,

    Thanks for your useful info, if possible share me some info on personalization tab in su01 and why this tab is mainly used.

    Regards,
    Bhargav

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  • SAMEER
    May 2, 2014 at 1:53 am
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    Hi Aninda,

    Thanks for your valuable posts on SAP Security fundamentals as it helped me to clear most of my doubts pertaining to security.I have below query; could you please help me on the same?

    – Do you what does it mean by activty groups in SAP? and what is the use of the same in security?
    Also are we (security)responsible for maintaing the activity groups? if yes then what are the steps?

    Thanks,

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    • AnindaPost author
      June 5, 2014 at 9:14 am
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      Sameer,

      Activity Groups is the old name for roles during the times of SAP R/3 3.1 and older. However some documentation still uses the old term.

      Thanks,
      Aninda

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