How to disable change option in ITS services ?

[Former Member]

Dear Friends,

We have a very unique request from our clients who do not want to allow the ESS end users to be able to change their own data using ESS services.

I've tried copying the role SAP_ESSUSER and made changes to it to make sure all the permissions on it are for read only to all infotypes, but still when I associate this modified role to a user on the R/3 system who is in turn mapped to a portal id that has ESS access, the change button in all the services still remain. I've posted a OSS note for this too, and am awating response.

If any of the gurus here have a idea, please feel free to share the same.

Regards,

Neeraj

[ChrisSolomon]

You have to change/customize the underlying ITS service to hide (comment out) the particular button from the template. In several I can recall right off, there is no logic for checking access (typically on first screen/page, though most all will check a "modus" (mode) flag once on additional "screens"/pages to determine if the view is read-only or edittable.

For info on editting/customizing ITS service, search the forums here.

Good luck!

CSolomon