ACM Reporting Access Control Management A PLM Consulting Solution
ACM Reporting The PLM Consulting Solution ACM Reporting streamlines the process of mass maintenance of SAP. Powerfully reports enable users to up- & download ACM Core objects (Access Control Contexts, roles, user groups, users, ). Furthermore, the solution delivers sophisticated reporting capabilities to review objects authorizations and analyze access problems.
ACM Reporting Questions: Which contexts are available in the system? To which context is an user or user group assigned to How can I remove a user from all contexts? Can the results be adapted to individual needs? What transfers (authorization changes) have been conducted within the last months? Which users have access to a particular document? Which authorizations does an user have in all contexts? 3
Partici -pants ACM Reporting 1 Julia Group Up- & download of Access Control Contexts 2 Upload: /XPLM/AGU_R_ACC_UP Download: /XPLM/AGU_R_ACC_DOWN Roles 3 Product Manager 2 Designer Up- & download of user groups Upload: /XPLM/AGU_GUL_UP Download: /XPLM/AGU_GUL_DOWN 3 Context: Project A Context: Project B 1 3 Up- & download of context member assignments Upload: /XPLM/AGU_R_UG2RIACC_UP Download: /XPLM/AGU_R_UG2RIACC_DOWN Context Authorization analysis Context authorizations on documents Context authorizations for user Intranet And many more 4
ACM Reporting Upload of Access Control Contexts Business user can specify complete context hierarchy in MS Excel No special training required in order to complete documentation Business user can export context hierarchy to local csv file Upload complete context hierarchy to system via upload report Compelling acceleration instead of manual creation of complex context hierarchies Detailed result protocol 5
ACM Reporting Download of Access Control Contexts Download list of all contexts including information about parent context to CSV-file CSV files can be reused for later reporting processes 6
ACM Reporting Upload of user groups Business user can specify complete user groups in MS Excel No special training required in order to full project document Automated maintenance of PLM user groups via csv file Add and remove of users and user groups Definition of authorizations on PLM user groups (Administration, Change, Read) Detailed result protocol 7
ACM Reporting Download of user groups Download list of all user groups including information about: User User group Group authorizations CSV file can be reused for later reporting & maintenance processes 8
ACM Reporting Upload of contexts members Add and remove assignments of user & user groups Detailed result protocol Business user can specify complete user groups in MS Excel Compelling acceleration instead of manual creation of complex context hierarchies 9
ACM Reporting Download of contexts members Download list of assigned context members of complete context hierarchy Result list contains information about: Context Role User/ User group Inherited flag CSV files can be reused for later reporting and maintenance processes 10
ACM Reporting User authorizations on particular document Display list of all users including authorization, that have access to a particular document by PLM 7 Access Control Management Procedure: Specify document Start query to display information 11
ACM Reporting Context authorizations for users Display list of authorizations for documents of users, that are assigned to an Access Control Context Procedure: Specify users (single/multiple) Start query to display information 12
ACM Reporting Your advantages: Enable business partner in implementation project to define complete context setup in MS Excel Massive acceleration of implementation by uploading project documents Mass maintenance of user groups & context members after Go-Live (e.g.: replace user in all contexts due to parental leave, ) Enhanced reporting capabilities to analyze authorization information 13
ACM Reporting Our Service An implementation-ready Solution Implementation of the Solution Documentation of the Solution 6 Months of Bugfixing Optional Online Scoping Session and/or Presentation at Customer
ACM Reporting Easy and fast way to migrate ACM context setup The PLM Consulting Solution ACM Reporting streamlines the process of mass maintenance of SAP. Powerfully reports enable users to up- & download ACM core objects (Access Control Contexts, roles, user groups, users, documents). Business Challenges Access Control Contexts cannot be migrated between SAP systems There is a strong need to analyze and maintain a complete context hierarchy Limited reporting capabilities decrease transparency of context authorizations Key Features Download of context core object for reporting purposes to CSV-flies Upload of context core objects via csv-files for mass maintenance Availability, Technical Details Available for SAP PLM 7 ECC 6.00 EHP4 Delivered via Consulting Service Links SAP Note: 1776454 SAP Service No.: 50110859, Enhancement Svcs for PLM Contact: plmservices@sap.com http://service.sap.com/public/ Related Services plm-services Downport to SAP GUI for documents Mass Maintenance for authorizations on Product Data PPM-ACM Integration Download/Upload of Access Control Contexts Download/Upload of User Groups Download/Upload of User/User groups assignments to contexts Assign/Unassign documents to Access Control Contexts Display of authorized users for a particular document including context authorizations Business Benefits Accelerated creation of context setup during project realization Increase transparency during context maintenance 15
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