User Types, User Lock
User Types, User Lock
Under logon data, initial password (mandatory), it also consists of user type, user
group, validity period, etc.
There are five user types.
1) Dialog (A) 4) Service (S)
2) System (B) 5) Reference (L)
3) Communication (C)
Dialog user type (A) = default user type, interactive user, password
parameters are applied, Gui login is allowed.
System user type (B) = used for internal communication, system related
activities, password parameters are not applied, Gui login is not allowed.
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Communication user type (C) = used for external communication, between
the system or across the landscape, password parameters are not applied, Gui
login is not allowed.
Reference user type (L) = used for providing extra access to dialog ids,
when it accesses limit (312 profiles) is reached, no password required to
login, cannot login through Gui.
Ex = > Create reference user and assign two roles. and create one service
user assign the one role and assign the reference user to this user in the role
tab, then one service user has access to three roles.
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Some facts
❖ User id maximum length = 12 characters. It differs from organization to
organization based on the combination of first and last name.
❖ Maximum no of profiles assigned to one user = 312.
❖ Mandatory fields for creating the user are last name and initial password.
❖ All the tables related to user starts with USR*
Ex = > USR02 User logon data.
USR40 User illegal password.
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