Renaming an ABAP Account

[Former Member]

Hi,

in case of a marriage when somebody changes his last name, we need to change the account names in the different target systems, especially on ABAP.

Has anybody already successfully changed the username of an ABAP user and can explain how this has been achieved? Thanks a lot in advance!

Best regards

Holger

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Holger,

unfortunately, it is not possible to rename an ABAP Account (There is no rename function within the TA SU01) like you can do with an ActiveDirectory-Account.

And, further more, there is no standard task to do this within the sap netweaver framework.

To solve this problem, we've created our own task:

1. create the new logonname and save it in a special attritbute (like NEWMSKEYVALUE) within the old MSKEYVALUE

2. create a new ABAP-Acount through the IDM by using the newly created attribute value and the attributes of the old user.

3. After successfully creation of the new ABAP-User, delete the old one (or do something else with it, like locking and changing password)

4. and, the last step, rename the MSKEYVALUE by using a script and the internal function "uIS_setValue()"

Hope, this description is helpful to you.

kind regards,

Achim