SAP BASIS - Captivating Facets - Set ein (1)

With reference to Transaction codes, Profiles, Roles, and Users, these are some of the interesting facets of SAP Basis.

• Maximum number of transaction codes in a role – 14000 (SAP Note 410993, 841612 )
• Maximum number of profiles for a role – ~312 since it is the maximum that you can assign to a user.
• Maximum number of roles that can be assigned to a user – Its always calculated on profiles. The maximum is ~312 (SAP Note 410993)
• Maximum number of fields in an authorization object is 10 (SAP Note 410993)
• Maximum number of authorization objects in a role is 150 (SAP Note 410993, 943796)
• Maximum number of single roles in a composite role – There is no technical limit for number of roles attached to composite role. But the limit is on the number of profiles assigned to the user. (SAP Note 410993)
• Maximum number of characters in a user name is 12
• Maximum length of the password – 8 (older versions) 40 (newer versions) –  SAP Note 877879. The minimum length can be controlled with login/min_password_lng parameter.
• Maximum number of characters in a password – No limit, but depends on the other parameter values. Can be controlled with login/min_password_letters
• Maximum number of numerics in a password – No limit, minimum numeric values can be controlled with login/min_password_digits
• Maximum number of special characters in a password – 39, since the password should have atleast 1 character.  But depends on the other parameter values. Can be controlled with login/min_password_specials.
• Maximum times a user can reset his/her password in a day – 1
• Maximum number of characters allowed for the technical name of an authorization object is 10.
• Maximum number of characters allowed for the technical name for an SAP Role is 30.

 Until next time, lads,......