Parameters definition and details

[Former Member]

Hi,

In transaction su01/ su3 we have a tab called as Parameters.

Can anyone please let me knw wat exactly parameters define.How can we see wat is meant by a particular Parameter(using Parametr id)

Thanks & Regards,

Richa Sinha

[Former Member]

hi ,

the parameters are the user parameters they will be in the structure USPARAM and in the table TPARA..

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venkat.

[Former Member]

Parameters are maintained in the "Parameters" tab of transaction SU01.

Parameters has nothing to do with the authorization.

They are used to ease the daily life of a user.

For example if the user is responsible with one customer, s/he adds kunnr parameter here, to have this customer id filled when s/he calls the related transaction.

Parameter IDs (aka "user parameters") have nothing to do with authorizations; usually a user can even change the assigned parameters (respectively their values) using transaction SU3.

Parameter IDs are usually only used to memorize certain user-specific settings, e.g. whether you prefer the classic or the new ABAP editor / debugger, or some application-specific default values (e.g. the "customer number", KUNNR) which are used to fill-in corresponding entry fields (on selection screens / dynpros) automatically.

Please refrain from using Parameter IDs for any access control purposes.

So is it a good practice to manually assign parameter id's to the newly created users ?

Depends: if you want to clone an account then you should copy all attributes (including the user parameters); but normally you do not intend to copy all user-specific settings. That's at least what I would assume - but I live in the "ivory tower" and cannot comment on "best practices".

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[Former Member]

Hi ,

Parameter id are SAP memory

Application programs that use SAP memory must do so using SPA/GPA parameters (also known as SET/GET parameters). These parameters can be set either for a particular user or for a particular program using the SET PARAMETER statement. Other ABAP programs can then retrieve the set parameters using the GET PARAMETER statement. The most frequent use of SPA/GPA parameters is to fill input fields on screens

set parameter id name field value .

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[Former Member]

Thanks for the information.

Regards,

Richa Sinha