When RFC uses, Can I use common user

[Former Member]

Hello,

I plan to use RFC that is link between R/3 to external System.

The system I'm thinking is that R/3 is the data storage target, external System is the Data Input.

So, I use RFC to call function Call from external System.

Now,The things I don't know is,

When I use Common User for calling RFC, All I need is one Common User license, Is that possible?

The external System is used by a lot of users.

Should I pay a lot more license fee than one common user.

Thanks.

Regards

Koji

[Former Member]

Hi koji,

1. The user in sap is important.

2. when we use bapi,

we have to provide the user

(which is already in sap)

3. That use should

have rights to

do that transaction in sap,

(other wise bapi will give error)

4. There is no concept of common user.

There is only one user, one user,.... etc.

5. The user who uses the bapi to post data,

should provide his own

user id and password (of sap)

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

Thanks Amit.

I understand user concept you are meaning.

If I don't want to minimize R/3 use,

Would I have to separate two system ? ,

for example,

1. external system send text files to R/3.

2. R/3 ABAP Program read text files to input to database.

So, the user I need is one user for Call ABAP Program.(2 phase)

The thing I want to do is decreasing the number of R/3 user.

Thanks again.

Regards

Koji

[Former Member]

Koji,

Your intentions of decreasing the number of user licenses is good. However I am not sure how SAP is going take it.

From a technical stand point, its defintely possible that you configure a user in RFC and use it for all the purposes.

However, from a auditing perspective / SOX, it will be difficult to figure out who has executed what transaction and who has created critical business documents.

Regards,

Ravi

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