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titleSingle Sign-On and user import

By adding an Active Directory, existing Users of the domain can be imported. Users with a link to the Active Directory can use Single Sign-On for easier login.

  • Go to the settings via the cog icon in the upper right corner of the application.

  • Go to Active Directory, the fifth setting from the top on the left side.

  • Choose “Add Domain“ to add your Domain.

  • Switch “Automatic user login“ ON to activate the Single Sign-on with added domains.

  • Switch “Create new users at login“ ON to allow domain users to login without a manual creation. Automatically created user will have the default role, specified in the corresponding domain.

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Best Practice: Single Sign-On

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titlePersonal settings

In the Profile, Users can make personal settings (Avatar (displayed Icon), E-Mail, Language, etc.).

  • Go to your user profile via your avatar icon in the upper right corner of the application.

  • Edit your profile to adjust personal data, your profile picture or other settings.

  • Save your changes.

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Tipp: Users can set their preferred format for displaying SAP object names in their user profile. For example, you can display objects by their description only, or include elements such as the technical name or UID.

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titleFolder structure to organize Entities

Entities in the Enterprise Glossary can be organized in Folders via a Directory that is displayed in the Sidepanel.

  • Go to the Sidepanel and right click the Enterprise Glossary folder.

  • Select “Add to Folder > New Folder“ and create a new folder benath the Enterprise Glossary folder.

  • Synchronized SAP Entities and manually created Custom Entities can be linked in Folders.

  • You can also create links to other websites and dispaly them either in an iFrame within Entperise Glossary or in a new tab.

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Tipp: Authors can move and delete multiple elements in the folder structure by clicking the checklist icon at the top right of the sidepanel.

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Best Practice: Folder Structure

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titleRoles to control access

Users can have multiple Roles assigned. With them you can define what a user can see and access. You can restrict the folders that a user can see or edit, you can limit the entity types that are accessible by a user or that can be edited by an author.

  • Go to the Roles via the cog icon in the upper right corner of the application.

  • Create a new Role.

  • Go to the role authorization via the key icon in the actions column or the button in the function panel.

  • Adjust the settings to fit your needs.

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Best Practice: Roles

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titleAdd global comments to SAP Entities

You can add a text comment to each SAP Entity that can be read without opening the SAP Entity eg. in the context of another SAP Entity. That way you can for example read about an Variable in the context of a Query without leaving the Query.

  • Go to “SAP Entities“ in the main navigation.

  • Click the Comment icon in the Actions column for the SAP Entity you want to comment on.

  • Enter your comment and save.

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  • Open the SAP Entity you want to comment on.

  • Click the “Comment” button in the function panel.

  • Enter your comment and save.

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Tipp: You can use the Excel Interface to import comments in a batch process. See “Excel Interface“ below.

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titleOpen Entities in SAP

Most of the synchronised SAP Entities can be opened from the Enterprise Glossary in the respective SAP application, e.g. in Eclipse.

  • Open the SAP Entity you want to comment on.

  • Click the “Open in SAP” button in the function panel.

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Overall Best practices and questions to answerPractice

  1. Sync

  2. Comment on key objects