To extract metadata and to configure other capabilities that a catalog source might include, you need account access and permissions on the source system. The permissions required might vary depending on the capability.
Permissions to extract metadata
Ensure that you have the required permissions to enable metadata extraction.
To extract metadata, you need account access and permissions on the SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC source systems.
Configure user-authorization profiles
To access metadata from SAP ERP, the SAP ERP administrator creates the following user authorization profiles:
Authorization Object
Description
Field Values
S_RFC
Authorization check for RFC access
ACTVT: 16 (Execute)
RFC_NAME:
DDIF_FIELDINFO_GET
RFCPING
RFC_GET_FUNCTION_INTERFACE
RFC_METADATA_GET
SEU_COMPONENT
RFC_TYPE: FUGR, FUNC
If you imported scanner transports from the custom namespace, use the following value:
ZINFA_ERP
If you imported scanner transports from the Informatica namespace, use the following value:
/INFASCAN/ERP_META
If you enabled UCON (Unified Connectivity), perform one of the following tasks:
- Disable UCON. Set the ucon/rfc/active profiling parameter value to 0.
- If you can't disable UCON, whitelist the Informatica RFC function modules that start with:
ZINFA or /INFASCAN/
ZINFA_META
Authorization check for metadata extraction
- Classes: SRC
- Data Elements: RQD
- Data Sources: RQD
- Domains: RQD
- Function Modules: SRC
- Keys: RQD
- Packages: RQD
- Programs: SRC
- RFC: RFC
- Tables: RQD
- Transaction Codes: SRC
- Views: RQD
- Where Used Tables: WHRUSD
Note:
Extracts metadata from tables used in programs, classes, views, function modules, and transaction codes.
- Where Used Views: WHRUSD
Note:
Extracts metadata from views used in programs, classes, function modules, and transaction codes.
If the mandatory value is RQD and you want to extract RFC assets along with RQD assets from the SAP ERP source system, the ZINFA_META authorization object should have the RFC value.
If you need to extract all assets, provide the full authorization. Use an asterisk (*).
Note:
RQD is the minimum permission you need to extract metadata from SAP ERP source systems. If you have the RQD permission and run a metadata extraction job with the packages filter, the job extracts metadata from assets covered by the RQD permission. If you run a job with both the packages and classes filters but lack the SRC permission, the job extracts metadata for the RQD assets and the class package. However, the job doesn't process assets that have the classes filter applied.
Permissions to run data profiles
You can run profiles with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.
Permissions to run data classification
You can perform data classification with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.
Permissions to run glossary association
You can perform glossary association with the permissions required on the source system to perform metadata extraction.