what is the meaning of ' '

[sreekanth_sunkara]

Hi all,

user is tryign to execute some function and user already has access to what is needed for the function, but in SU53 we had an error that user need activity ' ' , any one know what is meant by activity ' '

when we modified the role and added ' ' it worked fine, but what is this symbol mean?

Thaks,

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[Former Member]

To me it's just a very annoying check. There are couple of occasions where you will find this. I think it's bad programming. Instead of using ' ' in the code I would always opt for <dummy> in the auth check which means the user could have any authorization value for the object/field to pass the check.

I've even tried to convince SAP once that this is actually an error and should be corrected but I didn't come very far with it as far as I can remember.

I really can't think of any good reason why this would be used. If there should be an auth check without a specific action for example I would vote to create a dummy value of some sort (if checking for any value is not appropriate).

[sreekanth_sunkara]

Yeah, its a custom transaction and i think you are right, it could be something wrong in the code and i will review the issue again

thanks for your help

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[Former Member]

Hi Sun,

Please use the forum search for the term "dummy" and you will find this explained.

There are good (and bad) reasons for why it would occur and these are covered in a few threads

[sreekanth_sunkara]

Thanks Alex, i will search for it

thanks,

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