Is Heirarchy security and structural authorzations in BI basically the same

[Former Member]

Is hierarchy security and structural authorizations in BI basically the same? We use structural profiles in SAP R/3 and would like to utilize them in BI. Is it better/ easier to use Hierarchy security authorizations or Structural Authorizations?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions and recommendations.

[Former Member]

Hi Penny,

No they are not quite the same, but the good news is there is a BI accelerator guide on how to pull structural authorisations from an HR system into a BI system, using standard BI tools.

This then generates the BI authorisations that will provide the same data restrictions you have in HR.

The key difference is in BI you can have a hierarchy against any characteristic, whilst in ECC the structural authorisations are working against the organisation structure (org. units, positions, employees etc).

I notice in another thread you've referenced this BI accelerator guide - if you've run through that and then looked at the BI auths it generates you should be able to see the differences.

Edited by: Chris Haigh on Mar 11, 2009 11:33 AM

[Former Member]

Thanks for the clarification. I think that document I downloaded will prove beneficial.