EP6 Role Assignment

Hello,
Scenario: portal uses an LDAP as its UM store in read only mode.
As I understand it:
Users and Groups are stored on the LDAP
Roles are stored in the Portal database
Is this correct so far?
Secondly:
Where is the actual User/Role or Group/Role assignment held? I believe it is also in the database. Is this right? If this is the case then usage of the UME API to programmatically do these assignments should be possible
But what if either of these assignments are held in the LDAP does this mean that usage of the UME API to programmatically do these assignments will not be possible?
Thanks
Mr.T

Hello,
I'm assuming that you are talking about EP6. Your understanding of the scenario is correct. The actual User/Role and Group/Role assignments are stored in the database. I would say your assumption about the UME API is correct but since I really don't know anything about the API, we will have to see if anyone else knows for sure.
John

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Hi Experts,
I have created a BDC Function module for Tcode 'PFCG' for profile creation and role assignment, and called this FM in my zprogram. the problem is that when i run this program in foreground it executes succesfully, but if i schedule it in background it fails throwing error in job log 'Role 'Z...' does not contain any active authorizations'. But i have created one more program to create authorization objects which runs before this zprogram.I have also checked the authorization object in 'RSECADMIN', it reflects active. I dont understand whats happening exactly when it runs background.
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Code which i have written in my second program
***BDC for Profile creation and assignment to Roles
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      EXPORTING
       ctu                     = 'X'
       mode                    = p_mode
       UPDATE                  = 'L'
*   GROUP                   =
*   USER                    =
*   KEEP                    =
*   HOLDDATE                =
       nodata                  = '/'
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        text_002                = wa_role-desc
        text_003                = wa_role-desc
        text_004                = wa_role-desc
       value_01_005            = 'T-ML330881'
        h_fval_low_01_006       = wa_role-auth
        profn_007               = lv_profile
        ptext_008               = lv_text1
* IMPORTING
*   SUBRC                   =
     TABLES
       messtab                 = temp_message.
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CALL FUNCTION 'PRGN_AUTO_GENERATE_PROFILE_NEW'
     EXPORTING
       activity_group                      = wa_role-role_name
*     PROFILE_NAME                        =
*     PROFILE_TEXT                        =
      no_dialog                           = ' '
      rebuild_auth_data                   = ''
      org_levels_with_star                = ' '
      fill_empty_fields_with_star         = 'X'
      template                            = ' '
      check_profgen_tables                = 'X'
      generate_profile                    = 'X'
      authority_check_pfcg                = 'X'
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     activity_group_does_not_exist       = 1
     activity_group_enqueued             = 2
     profile_name_exists                 = 3
     profile_not_in_namespace            = 4
     no_auth_for_prof_creation           = 5
     no_auth_for_role_change             = 6
     no_auth_for_auth_maint              = 7
     no_auth_for_gen                     = 8
     no_auths                            = 9
     open_auths                          = 10
     too_many_auths                      = 11
     profgen_tables_not_updated          = 12
     error_when_generating_profile       = 13
     OTHERS                              = 14 .
Experts please help me out its very urgent. your help is appreciated and rewarded. Thanking you in advance.
Regards,
Chetan

Hi Praveen,
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         mode                   = p_mode
         UPDATE                 = 'L'
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*   USER                   =
*   KEEP                   =
*   HOLDDATE               =
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          g_authtxtmd_007        = wa_tab-med_desc
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          g_authtxtmd_015        = wa_tab-med_desc
         marked_04_016          = 'X'
          g_authtxt_017          = wa_tab-short_desc
          g_authtxtmd_018        = wa_tab-med_desc
         tctiobjnm_04_019       = 'ZCONTRCT'
          g_authtxt_020          = wa_tab-short_desc
          g_authtxtmd_021        = wa_tab-med_desc
         marked_05_022          = ''
         opt_01_023             = 'EQ'
          low_01_024             = lv_contract
          g_authtxt_025          = wa_tab-short_desc
          g_authtxtmd_026        = wa_tab-med_desc
          g_authtxt_027          = wa_tab-short_desc
          g_authtxtmd_028        = wa_tab-med_desc
          g_authname_029         = wa_tab-auth
* IMPORTING
*   SUBRC                  =
       TABLES
         messtab                = temp_message.
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LOOP AT it_role INTO wa_role.
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      wa_text-text = wa_role-desc.
      wa_text-langu = 'E'.
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        EXPORTING
          jobrole          = wa_jobrole
         parent           = wa_parentrole
         method           = wa_method
       TABLES
*   RETURN           =
         shorttext     = it_text
*   LONGTEXT         =
*   MENU_NODES       =
*   MENU_TEXTS       =.
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""*BDC for Profile creation and assignment to Roles
    CALL FUNCTION 'ZROLE'
      EXPORTING
       ctu                     = 'X'
       mode                    = p_mode
       UPDATE                  = 'L'
*   GROUP                   =
*   USER                    =
*   KEEP                    =
*   HOLDDATE                =
       nodata                  = '/'
        agr_name_neu_001        = wa_role-role_name
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       value_01_005            = 'T-ML330881'
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        profn_007               = lv_profile
        ptext_008               = lv_text1
* IMPORTING
*   SUBRC                   =
     TABLES
       messtab                 = temp_message .
   COMMIT WORK AND WAIT.
""*Generation of Profile created
LOOP AT it_role INTO wa_role.
    CALL FUNCTION 'PRGN_AUTO_GENERATE_PROFILE_NEW'
     EXPORTING
       activity_group                      = wa_role-role_name
*     PROFILE_NAME                        =
*     PROFILE_TEXT                        =
      no_dialog                           = ' '
      rebuild_auth_data                   = ''
      org_levels_with_star                = ' '
      fill_empty_fields_with_star         = 'X'
      template                            = ' '
      check_profgen_tables                = 'X'
      generate_profile                    = 'X'
      authority_check_pfcg                = 'X'
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     activity_group_does_not_exist       = 1
     activity_group_enqueued             = 2
     profile_name_exists                 = 3
     profile_not_in_namespace            = 4
     no_auth_for_prof_creation           = 5
     no_auth_for_role_change             = 6
     no_auth_for_auth_maint              = 7
     no_auth_for_gen                     = 8
     no_auths                            = 9
     open_auths                          = 10
     too_many_auths                      = 11
     profgen_tables_not_updated          = 12
     error_when_generating_profile       = 13
     OTHERS                              = 14
    IF sy-subrc <> 0.
      MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
              WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
    ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
For creating authorization objects, role & profile i have created one dummy auth, dummy role & dummy profile respectively.
i have created dummy objects to copy the roles from dummy object and assign the same to new Auth obj, role & profile.
Let me know what needs to be done. because these both the programs run perfectly in foreground, but fails in background.
Regards,
Chetan

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