What does an SAP administrator need to be able to do?
The structure of SAP Basis
The master's thesis identified and examined in detail influencing factors such as technological trends and the SAP product strategy as well as the company-specific conditions. Several empirical studies were also carried out in the course of the work. If you are interested in the entire Master's thesis and are a DSAG member, you can read the document at info@dsag.de, headword: Master thesis SAP-Basis of Tomorrow, request.
A role concept according to best practice protects you from potential attacks within your SAP landscape. However, to protect your system from unauthorized access via the network, the SAP Gateway must be configured correctly. It enables the use of external programs via interfaces or the call of ABAP programs and serves as a technical component of the application server, which manages the communication of all RFC-based functions.
Migration of SAP systems to HANA DB
The two main tasks of this function are: Deleting profiles including user assignments if no matching role exists. Deleting assignments between users and roles if either the user or the role does not exist.
Database layer: The database layer contains a database server on which all the data of the SAP ERP system is managed. This includes the database management system (DBMS for short) and the actual dataset. The dataset includes user data and data tables as well as applications and system control tables.
For administrators, a useful product - "Shortcut for SAP Systems" - is available in the SAP basis area.
Therefore, they should be deactivated / set to inactive as soon as possible, as soon as the system operation is ensured.
The SAP software partner ecosystem is in good health.