SAP user name Character limit

[Former Member]

Hello All,

As of now, there is a 12 character limit on the number of characters an SAP user name can have.

Will there be any change in this in the future? Are there a technical restrictions?

[Former Member]

Hello -

In addition to the information already provided please be aware that according to SAP note # 18679 there appears to be a problem in some releases if the hostname is longer than 8 characters.

Regards.

[former_member189546]

Hello,

Also check note

611361 Hostnames of SAP servers

regards,

John Feely

[Former Member]

Hi,

I dont think so SAP will gonna decrease the length for bname field... but on the safer side you can have always shorter IDs for your SAP system as a part of username strategy...

e.g. Sagar Bhosale... can be sagarb01... or so on.. !

Helpful SAPnotes..

Note 993791 - import user Problem - User Name Max length should be 12

Note 855616 - Email notification fails when the username exceeds 10 chars

Rgds,

PY

[Former Member]

Hi Sagar,

Refer the below link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp1/helpdata/en/eb/4bb638b5358259e10000009b38f8cf/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp1/helpdata/en/43/3d77734ae830f3e10000000a11466f/content.htm

BR,

Jai

Edited by: SAP_JAIKUMAR on May 3, 2011 12:30 PM