How to map multiple SAP roles and profiles

Discover tips for mapping SAP roles and profiles, including how to map multiple SAP profiles to a single derived role, and why a second profile is generated when a large role has too many authorizations for one profile.

Corwin Slack
Published: 30 Apr 2009

We have found that a few of our SAP roles are mapped with multiple profile names. Is it possible to have multiple...

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profiles to a single role? Note: These roles are derived roles, not composite roles and not the composite profiles.

Here are some examples which may provide a clearer view of what I mean.

Roles and Profiles	User ID
C_PUS_Mang (Profiles ##: T-D3060077, T-D30600771)	XXXX
C_PUS_DESp_SUPERV (Profiles ##: T-D3060644, T-D3060076)	XXXX

Before SAP had roles, they had SAP profiles. Because of the data design, a profile could only have a limited number of authorizations. Roles are still only a technical layer on top of profiles, and profiles still have the original limitations.

Consequently, when a large role has too many authorizations for one profile, a second profile is generated and assigned. This is merely a technical feature. Your auditors should focus their evaluation on the roles assigned. There are other technical considerations, but this answer should be sufficient for almost all situations.

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