Create and Maintain Internet Users

Some internet application components (IAC) require an individual SAP user name and password, most do not. However even these IACs may require identification. A user can e.g. navigate anonymously in a product catalog; but must identify him or herself as a customer to place an order.

There are two procedures for creating an internet user, depending on which internet application component is used.

The following section describes how a normal SAP System dialog user can be active in the internet and the features which the SAP System user administration provides in this respect. It then describes how you create and maintain internet users for the IACs which require an additional accounts for the internet.

Create an (internet) user in user maintenance (SU01)

Choose Tools

® Administration ® User maintenance ® Users. You go to the User maintenance: Initial screen.

Enter the user name and then choose Create.

You can assign an alias to a user when you create it. The user can be identified by either the (12-character) user name or the (40-character) alias.

When users logon in the internet via the ITS service, they use the source system user name. You can navigate in the internet with this user. If e.g. articles were ordered, the user must enter his or her alias and password for identification. The alias is used for identification in internet applications.

If the user has forgotten his or her alias, he or she can create a new account. A new user and alias are created in the SAP System. A 12-character user name is generated using a specified algorithm.

The Alias field in the initial user maintenance screen is mainly for finding internet users whose internal technical user name is not known.

To assign an alias to a user, enter it in the Logon data tab.  

Assign a reference user to the user you want to use as internet user. Reference users extend authorizations and are used to give internet users identical authorizations. You can create one or more reference users, depending on the authorizations your staff are to have.

Reference users are assigned to a user master record in the Roles tab.

The authorizations of a reference user can be assigned to the user in the internet transaction program when the user is identified in the internet. The reference user can be assigned in a variable. The variable name should begin with "$". Variables are assigned to reference users in the transaction SU_REFUSER_VARIABLE. Different variables can be assigned to a particular reference user for a group of users.

If no reference user is found for a variable in the transaction SU_REFUSER_VARIABLE, the variable is used as the user name.

 

Create an Internet User with the Maintain Internet User Function (SU05).

This transaction creates users and manages user data (e.g. passwords) in a table. Internet users are identified by:

• user name and
• user type

The user type depends on the IACs which the user wants to run.

Internet user information is a client-specific user master record enhancement. When the internet user identifies him or herself to IACs later, these values are checked against the information in the table BAPIUSW01. Access is refused to unauthorized users.

1. Choose Tools

® A dministration ® User maintenance ® Internet users.

You go to the Maintain internet users screen.

Enter the user name and type. Choose one of the following functions:

- Create	The system returns the initial password for the internet user. Note the password if you want to pass it on to the user. Otherwise choose Change password to give the user a new password. Assign the created name and password to users.
- Change	Enter a new user name or change the validity period.
- Delete	Internet user is deleted after confirmation.
- Lock/Unlock	A user is also locked after twelve failed attempts to logon.
Change password	Enter the new password twice.
Initialize	A new password is generated.