Academy · Security & GRC · 200 Practitioner
Authorization Troubleshooting and Tracing
Teaches a fast, disciplined way to troubleshoot authorization failures in SAP S/4HANA: recognize the symptoms, read the last failed check, trace a whole process with the authorization trace, separate role gaps from master data and configuration problems, fix roles with the minimum values needed, and document every fix so it stands up in an audit.
- 46 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Security & GRC Specialist, Tester / Test Analyst, Basis / Platform Administrator
What you’ll be able to do
- Read the last failed authorization check
- Use the authorization trace to capture required checks
- Distinguish authorization failures from other errors
- Fix roles with minimal necessary values
- Document authorization fixes for audit
Sources and further reading
- Troubleshooting Authorization Checks (lesson: SU53, STAUTHTRACE, ST01) · SAP Learning
- Explaining Elements and Terminology of the ABAP Authorization Concept (lesson) · SAP Learning
- Investigating Installation and Upgrade Tasks (lesson: SU24 default values and statuses) · SAP Learning
- Maintaining Access Control and User Administration (lesson: S_TCODE, S_TABU_DIS, S_TABU_NAM) · SAP Learning
- Trace Evaluation in Default Value Maintenance (SU22/SU24) · SAP Help Portal
- Creating Business Roles for SAP Fiori Content (lesson: front-end and back-end authorizations) · SAP Learning