What is the difference Between Role and Profile
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Role refers to the collection of associated activities as
transactions, reports and so on.
While profile is a set of authorizations that are valid for
the transactions defined in that role.
Role has various components as MENU of transaction,
reports, urls; AUTHORIZATION PROFILE(S) and USERS who are
assigned to that role.
Roles are otherwise called Activity Groups or User Role
Templates.
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Answer / rajnikanth
Sorry withthe previous one.
Role is always dependent of profile whereas profile can be
independent of role.
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Answer / mallikarjun
After creating the role we have to generate the role, that
time profiles are created for that role
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Answer / ashley day
Profiles are the component of the older SAP releases, this
was not replaced in the newer versions but a new layer was
placed above Profiles, Roles.
Profiles are therefore a subcomponent of Roles, they have a
one to many relationship where when authorization objects
overflow one profiles limit it will create a second profile
for that Role and so on.
Roles are logically assigned to users to give the newer
functionality of Roles (Menus etc), but profiles are
assigned to give the authorizations.
Regards
Ashley
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Answer / zaheer
A role is merely a shell to house the profile. Roles contain
no actual access. They contain a role menu composed of
transaction codes. Those transaction codes are then mapped
into the profile automatically by profile generator. The
tcodes become field values in the S_TCODE authorization.
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Answer / imran khan
A role act as container that collect transaction and
generates the associated profile. The profile generator
(PFCG) in SAP System automatically generates the
corresponding authorization profile. Developer used to
perform this step manually before PFCG was introduced bySAP.
Any maintenance of the generated profile should be done
using PFCG.
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Answer / rajesh reddiboina
The role is the combination of t-codes, reports, urls.under
the menu option in pfcg t-code we can find these
things.when ever u generate a role one profile wil be
generated that depends upon the assigned authrorizations.if
authorizations are more than 150 role itself create the
composit profile for that role.
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Answer / kishore vuthpala
A role can be one, or a combination of many, tasks and
activities.
profiles should be based on the supplied roles
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Answer / mohammed habeebali khan
Role is Dependent on Profile. Profile is not dependent on
role In the combination of Authorization Filed Ever Role
contain collection of Transaction. Is generated with the
Associated Profile
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Answer / munisankar naidu
Role means set of profiles
profile means set of authorization objects
authorization objects means set of field values
in role creation we will use only one t-code is pfcg
in profile creation we will use more then one t-codes are
su22:maintain authorization objects
suim:user information system,select by object name and text
su03:maintain authorization classes and profiles
su02:create profiles
su01:create user and assign profile
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