WF-BATCH - System or Service user?

[Florin Wach]

We have the WF-Batch users of type B = System, which seemed to be the default value, as there're no change documents available for that particular field, since creation of the record.
>From what I read from the SAP documentation on that field, "System" is the type, which should be assigned to such a user anyways.



-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 15:34:09 +1100
> Von: Rick Bakker <rbakker at gmail.com>
> An: "SAP Workflow Users\' Group" <sap-wug at mit.edu>
> Betreff: Re: WF-BATCH - System or Service user?

> Hi Jocelyn,
> 
> That's good to know. No, nobody's been naughty!
> Does anyone out there have a production system with WF-BATCH as a Service
> user?
> 
> regards
> Rick Bakker
> hanabi technology
> 
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Dart, Jocelyn <jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Rick
> > Default user type of WF-BATCH is "System"
> > Someone's been a little naughty perhaps?
> > Cheers,
> > Jocelyn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Rick Bakker
> > Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2011 2:48 PM
> > To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> > Subject: WF-BATCH - System or Service user?
> >
> > Hello Wuggles,
> >
> > Basic question here: what sort of user should WF-BATCH be?
> >
> > In SU01D tab 'Logon data' field 'User Type' we have the value 'Service'.
> > Nobody is sure why. The Security people want this changed to 'System'
> > (so nobody can log on with that user).
> >
> > Practical Workflow for SAP, 2nd Edition page 88 says:
> > "WF-BATCH is set as a system user, which means no dialog login is
> > possible via the SAP GUI."
> >
> > Is 'Service' possibly the default for WF-BATCH when it is created via
> > SWU3? If so, why?
> >
> > Opinions welcome.
> >
> > regards
> > Rick Bakker
> > hanabi technology
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