Re: [sap-security] role maintenance version control
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 | Posted by Sonia (Sap Bas and Security Design Consultant) on May 24 at 12:36 AM |  Mark as helpful |
Jeff,
Since you have given the answer yourself. no other alternative for version
control.
Thank you,
Sonia
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:42 AM, jeff_smith via sap-security <
sap-security@groups.ittoolbox.com> wrote:
> Posted by jeff_smith(Manager, Identity & Access)
> on May 21 at 9:41 AM
> When maintaining roles with PFCG, there doesn't seem to be any SAP built-in
> version control available that would prevent team members from both working
> on a role at the same time. Without version control there is also no easy
> way to revert to a previous version of a role, or to compare changes between
> two versions of a role. I was surprised to learn from my team that the SAP
> software apparently doesn't provide this functionality.
>
> Are we missing something here? If this capability isn't built in to SAP,
> what do other people do? We are considering exporting roles from SAP and
> keeping copies in an external version control system like subversion or git.
> In other words we would continue to modify the roles with PFCG as before,
> but would use the external version control to handle locking issues and to
> give us the ability to revert to previous versions.
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this!
>
> Jeff
__.____._ Since you have given the answer yourself. no other alternative for version
control.
Thank you,
Sonia
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:42 AM, jeff_smith via sap-security <
sap-security@groups.ittoolbox.com> wrote:
> Posted by jeff_smith(Manager, Identity & Access)
> on May 21 at 9:41 AM
> When maintaining roles with PFCG, there doesn't seem to be any SAP built-in
> version control available that would prevent team members from both working
> on a role at the same time. Without version control there is also no easy
> way to revert to a previous version of a role, or to compare changes between
> two versions of a role. I was surprised to learn from my team that the SAP
> software apparently doesn't provide this functionality.
>
> Are we missing something here? If this capability isn't built in to SAP,
> what do other people do? We are considering exporting roles from SAP and
> keeping copies in an external version control system like subversion or git.
> In other words we would continue to modify the roles with PFCG as before,
> but would use the external version control to handle locking issues and to
> give us the ability to revert to previous versions.
>
> Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this!
>
> Jeff
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