Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SEC-USR-ADM (Application Component) User and Authorization Management⤷
SUSR (Package) ABAP User Administration
Basic Data
| Data Element | USALIAS |
| Short Description | Internet user alias |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | USALIAS | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 40 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 40 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
| Search Help: Name | USALIAS | |
| Search Help: Parameters | USERALIAS | |
| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | ||
| Change document | ||
| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 5 | Alias |
| Medium | 5 | Alias |
| Long | 25 | User ID alias |
| Heading | 25 | User ID alias |
Documentation
Definition
The alias is an alternative name for an SAP user.
Supplementary Documentation - USALIAS 0001
Use
The alias name is used to logon with certain Internet transactions. When users log on through the Internet Transaction Server on the Internet, for example, to order goods, they must enter the alias name and the corresponding password. During registration, the user can set up a new account on the Internet. In the SAP System, a new user is created with the corresponding alias name. The 12-character user name is generated automatically in this case.
The Alias field on the user maintenance initial screen is primarily used in this context to find Internet users again, when their internal technical name is not known.
If you want to create a user with an alias name, assign the alias name in the input field on the Logon Data tab.
Assigning an alias name makes available 40 characters and allows you to choose longer, more meaningful names. The user can then identify himself or herself using either the (12-character) user name or the (40-character) alias.
At the moment, you cannot use alias names for SAP GUI and RFC logons to the system.
Dependencies
Example
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110908 |
| SAP Release Created in |
