User Administration 

Purpose

The user administrator performs all tasks that are relevant to user management and role assignments. In SAP Enterprise Portal, all user management functions related to users and groups are provided by SAP User Management Engine (UME). The UME is integrated in the Web Application Server Java and full documentation on the UME is available in the Web AS Java documentation under UME User Administration.

In this section you can find information about administration functions and features that are specific to the portal. These are

·        UME Actions in the Portal – a brief description of how UME actions are integrated in the portal.

·        Assigning roles to users and groups

·        Mapping users – for Single Sign-On purposes.

Roles are managed by the Portal Content Directory (PCD). For more detailed information on the pre-configured administration roles, see Pre-configured Roles.

Related Information

·        For information on how to configure user management in the enterprise portal, see User Management Configuration.

·        For the most recent changes in user management, see SAP Note 720590 User Management Engine (UME) on WAS 6.30 and higher.