Create an Authorization Scenario in the Business Builder

In the Business Builder of SAP Data Warehouse, start by following these steps:

1. Click on the New Authorization Scenario button.
2. Select a previously created and deployed Data Entity.
3. The Business Name and the Technical Name are entered automatically, but you can change it if you wish.
4. Click on Create.

Your new authorization scenario is created.

Now that you have an authorization scenario, please note that, on the top right corner of the screen, you can see an orange warning icon.

This usually means that you don’t have yet any data restrictions. If you click on the warning icon, you will be then taken to Data Restrictions tab and see the full warning message.

To correct that, you need to add data restrictions. This is how you can do it:

1. Click on the plus icon on the top right corner of the tab.
2. Select the Target Business Entity you wish to restrict.
3. Once you select an appropriate target business entity, the Target Key field will be automatically selected with the column you can use to apply data restrictions.
4. Click on Save to apply the data restrictions.
5. Then, you can map this Target Key Member to the Foreign Key field coming from the data access control.

Data access controls and data restrictions need to be planned out in advance to work smoothly. It’s also necessary to have basic knowledge of the data to be able to match the data access controls settings to the authorization scenario.

Learn more about it in our technical documentation.

You can use your authorization scenario to limit access to any business entity created in the Business Builder. It’s pretty simple:

1. Open the existing business entity.
2. Go to the Authorization Scenario tab of that business entity.
3. Click on the plus icon.
4. Select an existing authorization scenario and click on Apply.
5. Click on Save.

Your authorization scenario is now limiting access to the business entity.

Well done!

You have completed the 6th tutorial of this group! Now you know how to create an authorization scenario.

Learn in the next tutorial how to collaborate using the Repository Explorer.