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User ID Change

Former Member
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If the user id changes from OLD_ID to NEW_ID.

If we go to SU01 and rename the ID then will the traceability will be present .

or

We need to create the new ID , deactivate the old one and in the Alias field maintaining the new/old ID's?

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Former Member
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Hi there,

Iif a user is renamed in SU01, then in the change logs for the ID it appears as a delete against OLD_ID and a create against the NEW_ID, so continuity of the change logs is lost.

Depending on what you mean by "deactivate the old ID" the continuity of change logs will still be lost, the Alias field is primarily used for accessing external (usually internet-based) transactions. Currently SAP does not support alias for GUI and RFC logons.

If you want to be able to trace user activity after a rename, then it is helpful to maintain against the new ID an identifier that the user was created following a rename.

Hope this helps,

Tom

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Former Member
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Hi there,

Iif a user is renamed in SU01, then in the change logs for the ID it appears as a delete against OLD_ID and a create against the NEW_ID, so continuity of the change logs is lost.

Depending on what you mean by "deactivate the old ID" the continuity of change logs will still be lost, the Alias field is primarily used for accessing external (usually internet-based) transactions. Currently SAP does not support alias for GUI and RFC logons.

If you want to be able to trace user activity after a rename, then it is helpful to maintain against the new ID an identifier that the user was created following a rename.

Hope this helps,

Tom

Former Member
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I would recommend avoiding this renaming feature.

You will loose traceability which will be a hassle to reconstruct, and the user themselves will loose the connection to their variants, queries, open requests, and thousands of other tables which have used the user name to record information in the past.

If you have a big problem to fix with the user names, then you can consider a Landscape Optimization project. Renaming the users is then not an isolated task.

Cheers,

Julius