Video Lesson 5.8: Authorization Check

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This lesson explains what are authorization checks in SAP and how they can be used to create different roles and profiles for users.

You will learn why an authorization check is useful and how to include it in your programs.
You will learn to create authorization objects and assign them to roles.

Critical data and parts of the functional scope of the SAP System must be protected from unauthorized access.
You have to implement authorization checks in your program so that the user may only access areas for which he or she is authorized.
Authorization objects can be defined within object classes.
You create an actual authorization by subsequently assigning values to these fields.
This authorization can be integrated into the required user master records by means of an authorization profile.
At runtime, you can use the AUTHORITY-CHECK statement to check whether the actual user has the authorization required for executing the function in his or her user master record.