Derived Role Creation

Derived role helps you to inherit menu structures from existing role to new role and it will be helpful to teams who are performing similar task but they differ with plant code.

Derived role inherits structures, menu, transaction, reports, etc.. from an existing role except org values, so you no need to do designing a role from the scratch.

Here we will see how to create a derived role step by step.

1. Go to PFCG/profile generator transaction and enter a new role which you would like to create it from an existing role and enter short description of the role as well as detailed description of the role in “Desciription” tab

2. Here I have a role called “ZTEST_ROLE2” which is having basis authorization

3. Enter the parent/master role name in the box “Derive from Role”  bottom of description tab or top right corner of description tab

4. Hit enter once you have given parent role name and it will ask you to confirm for deriving role structure from existing role and click continue in the screen

5. Click save and you can see “Menu” tab changed to green color and go to “Authorization” tab and click hand icon to create new profile name and click save button

6. Now click “Change Authorization Data” button and it will ask to maintain Org values

7. Once you have done maintaining org values click red color circle button to generate profile like below and click continue

8. Now we have done everything in child role and that’s it our derived role is ready for use

9. When there is a need for additional authorization required to add in parent role, you have to insert the same authorization to corresponding child role too and this can be achieved by clicking two down arrows in authorization menu next to profile generate button

10. By simply clicking insert button in the parent/master all new authorizations will be pushed to corresponding child roles like below screen

That’s it you have done creating derived role from an existing roles.

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