SAP - Authorization Change Request

The SAP - Authorization Change type of request enables you to:

Add authorizations to a role or revoke existing authorizations from a role
Add or modify attribute values for an authorization

This request type supports only manual completion. Refer to the Configuration page for details.

To create an SAP - Authorization Change type of request:

Provide details on the following panels
- General Information: Use this panel to provide the following general information about the request.
  - Request Name: Provide a unique name to identify the request .
  - Request Priority: From the drop-down list, select a priority for the request .
  - Connection: Select the connection for which the request is to be created. You can set this connection as default from the Preferences page. All users from this connection are available for new role assignment through this request. To select a connection, type in a part of the connection name. All connections matching your search criteria are displayed. Select the required connection. Alternatively, browse and select the required connection and click OK.
    Note: In case of secured connections, users signed into Infor Risk & Compliance can view and use only those connections that they have access to.
  - Select Role : Select the role for which authorizations are to be changed. To select a role, type in part of the role name. All role names matching the search criteria will be displayed. Select the required role. Alternatively, browse and select the desired role and click OK . The selected role name appears in the Select Role field.
    Note: If a request for the selected role is already pending, Infor Risk & Compliance displays a message informing you the same. You have the option to continue the request, cancel it or select another role.
    
    If the request is continued, approvers will see the message in the Previous Comments section.
- Authorizations : This panel displays a list of authorizations associated with the selected role. You may add new authorizations to the role or delete existing authorizations.
  - Add authorizations: To add new authorizations, type in part of the authorizations name. All authorizations from the selected connection and matching the search criteria will be displayed. Select the required authorizations. Alternatively, browse and select the required authorizations and click OK. The selected authorizations appears in the Authorizations list marked with an icon.
  - Modify attribute values for Authorizations: The panel below displays a list of authorizations for the selected role and also enables you to modify attribute values for an authorization. To modify attribute values:
    1. Click the icon next to an authorization to view its attributes .
    2. Click the icon next to an attribute to see a text box .
    3. Enter a value and click the Add icon. Alternatively, browse for the required attribute value. Select the required value from the Browse Values pop-up window displayed and click OK.
      Note:
      
      To undo changes made to a single authorization, click the Undo button next to the authorization on the right.
      
      To undo changes made to multiple authorizations, select the required authorizations and click the Undo button next to the Delete button.
- More Details
  - Comments: Provide additional information about the request through comments. Comments are mandatory if the Infor Risk & Compliance option check box on the Access Management section of the Configuration page is selected.
  - E-mail settings: This tab enables you to send email notifications to request participants or other users at specific stages of a request.
    1. Select any of the request status check boxes next to a user. Email notifications will be sent to that user when the request reaches that status. The option Approval Email Notification ensures that a user is notified whenever a request is posted to that user's inbox.
    2. Select the check box Display comments in email notifications, if you want the application to display comments in the notification.
    3. Other users can be notified by selecting the option Others. Provide the email address for the other users in the Other emails text box and click the Add icon.
    Note: Email settings are enabled and may be changed only if the check box Override this Option is selected in the Options panel of the Approval Process Template page.
  - Approval Stages : This panel provides details of the approval stages of the request and its present status .
Click Send. The request is send to the specified approvers and is displayed on the Requests home page. Click the request link to view the request details and take further action.

An Authorization Change request can also be generated from the following types of What-if Analyses:

If an Authorization Change request is generated from a What-If Analysis for Add Transaction to Role, the request is automatically populated with roles and T-codes and their authorizations/field/values.