SAP_USER PROFILE QUESTION

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

I will be part of the system refresh from Prod to QA task this weekend. I don't want to create/modify users in QA (as they will be the same from prod) manually AGAIN. We do have a CUA model.

I've learned that I can export SAP_USER profile prior the refresh and add it as a transport after the refresh. This way I can keep all the users as they were prior the refresh.

My question is:

Would all the passwords be exported with the users as well????

Thank you,

Gustavo

[Former Member]

Hi Gustavo,

Yes. Your understanding is correct. Refer the below notes:

SAP Note - 191207 - Client copy and central user admin

SAP Note - 399917 - CUA: Moving of a CUA via Client or System Copy

SAP Note - 355713 - User masters during client copy.

Regards,

Raghu

Edited by: Raghu Boddu on Dec 6, 2010 10:41 PM

[sdipanjan]

> My question is:

>

> Would all the passwords be exported with the users as well????

>

It depends on how you are taking the back up of the user master data. If you check the profile SAP_* which are available for taking backup as a transport entry doesn't contain the USR02 entries. One example is that you need to manually unlock the user ids after the refresh and uploading the transport back ups.

Regards,

Dipanjan

[Former Member]

Gustavo,

Put more simply, if you export SAP_USER from QA prior to your refresh and then re-import to QA post refresh, the passwords will be the same as they were when exported from QA.

[Former Member]

Thank you guys, The refresh was smoth and all passwords were the same!!