SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CMS_AST_REL_ROL (Assign Standard Role to Release Steps)
Hierarchy
☛ EA-FINSERV (Software Component) SAP Enterprise Extension Financial Services
   ⤷ FS-CMS-MD (Application Component) Master Data
     ⤷ CMS_CORE_PROCESS (Package) Process Control for Core
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CMS_AST_REL_ROL Assign Standard Role to Release Steps  
Transaction Code S_ALN_01001831   (empty) 
Created on 20030312    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CMS_AST_REL_ROL   Assign Standard Role to Release Steps 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CMS_AST_REL_ROL   Assign Standard Role to Release Steps 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CMS_AST_REL_ROL    

Use

In this IMG activity you assign a standard role to the individual release steps of the release procedure that applies for a certain release object. Processing (users, workplace, organizational units, positions and so on) is linked to the standard role. The system uses the standard role to find the processors responsible and with the SAP Business Workflow forwards the release object as a work item to them for processing further.

Requirements

You have made the settings for the corresponding release object in IMG activity Assign Release Object to Release Procedure .

Standard settings

SAP does not supply any standard roles for Collateral Management.

Activities

  1. Choose New Entries.
  2. Enter the required values in the following fields:
    • Release Object
    • Release Procedure
    • Release Step
  3. Assign a standard role to these. You have the following two options for this:

The standard role you are assigning is already created and you know its number.

  1. Enter this number

The standard role you are assigning is not yet created.

  1. Select the corresponding line.
  2. Choose Create Role.
    3. This brings you to the Selection of Rule Parameters screen.
  3. Select the required parameters, needed to define the standard rules.
  4. Choose Generate Rule Now.
  5. Choose Copy Generated Rule and save your data.

  1. If you wish to assign users/processors to the standard rule you have the following two options:

From this IMG activity

  1. Select the corresponding line.
  2. Choose Display Rule.
  3. Choose Continue.
  4. Choose Change
    5. This brings you to the Standard Role: Change screen.
    For more information on changing standard roles, refer to the documentation on the SAP Business Worklfow in the SAP Library. Choose Basis Components -> Business Management -> SAP Business Workflow -> Role Documentation, or on the corresponding screens, choose Help -> Application Help.

Via the area menu

  1. Choose Tools -> ABAP Workbench -> Development -> Workflow -> Definition Tools -> Standard Roles -> Change.
    2. This brings you to the Standard Role: Change screen.
    For more information on changing standard roles, refer to the documentation on the SAP Business Workflow in the SAP Library. Choose Basis Components -> Business Management -> SAP Business Workflow -> Role Documentation, or on the corresponding screens, choose Help -> Application Help.

Note: When defining rules, make sure there is an 'And' link between the conditions you define when entering values.

Also note the connection between the release reasons defined in the IMG activity Assign Release Object to Release Procedure and the exact rule definition. You must ensure that the system finds a user group for each release object via the standard role/rule, that is, the rules are defined in such a way that they cover all release reasons.

  1. Save your entries.

Example

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG SIMG_CMS_AST_REL_ROL 0 ALN0000073 Asset 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
VV_V_TBCA_REL_RULE_AST V - View SM30  
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20030404 
SAP Release Created in 200