Authorization on Profit Centers in FI

[Former Member]

Hi everyone,

I have a question concerning the use of profit centers in authorizations. I has been mentioned before in serveral topics, but I wasn't able to find a satisfying answer.

The situation is as follows:

in our company we have several profit centers, and we want to use these with regard to authorizations in FI, for instance for transactions FB01 and FB50. So far I tried to use the object K_PCA an a custom made object (wich uses data element PRCTR combined with a field for "action"). I've activated these objects for FB01 using SU24, however all to no avail. When I perform a system trace it becomes clear that no check is performed on these objects.

I would like to know:

- am I doing something wrong in assigning the objects to the T-code (after assigning they were included in table USOBT_C) ?

- is there anyone who knows for certain how to authorize on PC's in FI, and if so:

ENLIGHTEN ME PLEASE !!!

Regards,

Jesse

[Former Member]

A check will only be performed if it is the code. Assigning an auth object to a tx via SU24 will not invoke a check unless there is a corresponding AUTHORITY-CHECK statement.

You may be able to find user exits in FB01/FB50 etc in which you can enter additional code to perform a check, but there is no guarantee that there will be suitable.

The SAP security model isn't too hot around profit & cost centre data, I suspect because the money has been spent at this point and is part of management accounting rather than financial.