Masking Sensitive Data in SAP

Question

Hey Experts.  Can someone tell me how we can "Mask" certain data in SAP, using Standard functionality.  We don't want to customize, so if a way exists, please share.
We want to be able to blank out or mask data such as the description of the WBS Elements.
Thanks.
Chris
Edited by: Christopher Ambrose on Oct 29, 2009 6:27 PM

Answer 1

With SHD0, you create variants which you can use in a number of ways.
The main ones are:
1. Modify the use of the standard transaction
2. Create a new transaction which uses the variant.
With option 1, everyone who runs the transaction gets the modification
With option 2, you create a custom transaction and assign it to the variant.  When someone runs the custom tcode, it executes the original transaction but applies the variant to that.  You are not actually copying any transactions etc but it does let you have 2 different types of functionality hanging off the original transaction depending on the transaction you used to access it.
If you want to use different variants for the standard transaction, you could look into variant groups.  I've not used these before but it may be an option: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/46/8ad19434a801dce10000000a1553f7/frameset.htm
There are also downsides to using transaction variants, if you do a search on SHD0 there are a few posts on their drawbacks.