web service authority

[Former Member]

I have created a web service to be consumed by a program outside of SAP.

I have had a userid created for this 3rd party company that they will use.

I want to limit what that userid can execute to only that web service.

I know that is possible - and the security people know how to do it as well.

I am not a security person - so not sure how all of that works.

The security people search for it by the name of the web service that I made up.

They have a drop down and say search by WS and it will list the web services.

The problem is - the web service isn't in the list.

I have turned the function into a web service through SE80.

I have activated the service through SOAMANAGER.

I checked to make sure the service is active through SICF.

I have even run the service just through a web browser - but still the security people cannot see it.

The only way I have been able to make it show it is to create a C# program in Visual Studio and run the web service through C# into SAP.

Once I do that - then the security people can see the web service and limit the authority.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Or am I doing something wrong with defining the web service and activating it?

Thanks.

Scott Overmeyer

[Former Member]

Hello,

Once the Web Service is active in SICF hierarchy, you should be able to add it to the specific role using PFCG. You may use External Service option with Service type 'WS'.

Thanks,

Venu