Role - Cost Center Manager

[Dart, Jocelyn]

Hi Jerry,=20
Responsibility rules are also described in the book in some detail. I =
consider them the preferred method of rule creation with or without HR. =
Not only because they link to the corporate organization but because =
they:
* Do not require any programming effort
* Are extremely flexible - cope with single values, ranges, patterns =
(wildcards), dummy values, secondary prioirities, etc.
* Can easily be understood/changed by business personnel
* Cope with large numbers of entries (performance problems with these =
were solved some time ago - if you have
an older system make sure you have applied the relevant OSS notes)
* Both the rule and the responsibility criteria can be transported - =
leaving only the assignments to be entered via transaction OOCU_RESP or =
via the org plan (responsibility criteria exist as RY objects).
 
As to who maintains them - this was discussed in the book and most =
recently at ASUG.  Everyone I've spoken to or met
recommends pretty much the same approach:
* If you have HR, have your HR people update it but make sure they =
understand the workflow implications
* If you don't have HR, it becomes the responsiblity of the business =
process owner or workflow administrator.=20
 
You might want to ask the rest of the SAP-WUG group for their comments =
- I know there are quite a few who use responsibility rules.=20
Regards,
        Jocelyn Dart=20
Consultant (SRM, EBP, Workflow)
and co-author of the book
"Practical Workflow for SAP"=20
SAP Australia
email: jocelyn.dart at sap.com=20
phone: +61 412 390 267
fax:   +61 2 9935 4880
 
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Schmidinger, Heinz (Unaxis IT BZ)
[mailto:heinz.schmidinger at unaxis.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2003 4:34 PM
To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: AW: Role - Cost Center Manager
 
 
Hi Jerry,
 
I have found my basic knowledge about handling responsibilities out of
description of role AC70000172.
 
Maybe it helps.
 
Regards
 
Heinz
 
-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Martinek, Jerry [mailto:Jerry.Martinek at icbc.com]
Gesendet am: Dienstag, 27. Mai 2003 18:10
An: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Betreff: Re: Role - Cost Center Manager
 
Hi Heinz and Jocelyn, thank for your replies.
 
We're currently not using the SAP responsibilities functionality but =
are
interested in the concept. We have a number of specific/custom =
scenarios
where we need to find the responsible person(s). Currently were using
various home grown methods that work but there is an
administration/maintenance issue with each one. What I like about the
responsibilities concept is that it centralizes everything around the
corporate organization structure.
 
I would be interested in getting some information about the setup and =
usage
of the responsibilities functionality. How and who sets up/manages this
information on the PD side, what type of issues have you encountered in
rolling out this functionality, what is the best practice?... etc.....  =
 
 
Regards,
Jerry
 
                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Schmidinger, Heinz (Unaxis IT BZ)
[mailto:heinz.schmidinger at unaxis.com]
                Sent:   Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:51 AM
                To:     SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
                Subject:        AW: Role - Cost Center Manager
 
                Hi Jerry,
 
                one possibility is to create a customer role based on =
type
'R'
                (responsibility).
                - Tx PFAC define a Role Header for CostCenterRespons. =
with
Type 'R'
                - Define a Container-Element with Obj.Type BUS0012 (or =
the
key of CostCenter
                CSKS-KOKRS and CSKS-KOSTL or more Eleemnts if a more
differnt responsibility
                is nneded like value-restricted e.g.)
                - in Tab'Responsibilities' define responsibilities for
cost-center or
                cost-center ranges
                - assign Persons, Users or other Org-Objects to this
responsibility.
 
                HTH
 
                Regrads
 
 
                Heinz
 
                -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
                Von: Martinek, Jerry [mailto:Jerry.Martinek at icbc.com]
                Gesendet am: Dienstag, 20. Mai 2003 18:06
                An: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
                Betreff: Role - Cost Center Manager
 
                Hi, I would like to know whether SAP provides a =
standard
role to find a cost
                center manager via a personal number or user id?
 
                I tried using role 3100013 but I couldn't get it return
anything. Could this
                mean that this particular functionality is not active =
at our
site? I used a
                number of different methods to test this role but they =
all
came back with
                the same results.
 
                I also coded a custom program that called RH_GET ACTORS =
with
the mentioned
                role and required input parameters but that didn't =
work.
 
                Has anyone written similar custom roles or can anyone
provide any hints?
 
                Regards,
                Jerry Martinek