SAP MII workbench - saving new transaction - role issue?

Question

We are using MII 12.1.4 (build 53) and have copied the SAP java roles to our own groups (ABAP Roles) in the UME, including the defined actions of the SAP roles.  We then assign the ABAP role in ABAP to the User, so that in the UME they now have the groups assigned. 
We have run into an issue where when creating a new transaction in the MII workbench we are unable to save it.  If we add the standard SAP UME role SAP_XMII_DEVELOPER, we are now able to create and save the transaction (or whatever work).  The only difference we can see in the SAP_XMII_DEVELOPER role and our copied role is the name, all the actions in SAP_XMII_DEVELOPER are in our Group (ABAP role).
our ABAP role (UME Group) example is:
ZZZZ:Z_MII_DEVELOPER (has UME role AD_JU_MII_DEVELOPER assigned)
UME Roles:
Z_MII_DEVELOPER has the 3 actions below assigned:
     xappsxmiiumeactions     XMII_User
     xappsxmiiumeactions     XMII_Read_Only
     xappsxmiiumeactions     XMII_Developer
SAP_XMII_DEVELOPER has the same 3 actions as above, and the onluy difference is the description, and that it doesn't have any assigned groups.
Does the MII workbench use the hardcoded role names somewhere that would not allow us to use  our the ABAP roles (JAVA groups) or is there something else we are missing in the group?
I have searched the best practices, forums, SAP help, OSS, etc. with no luck
Thanks for any help,
jake

Answer 1

Hi Jake,
I also faced the same problem recently.
As Mike said, you need to add your role in " Transaction -> Security". Here, you will find all the available roles. Put the required role in Reader and Writer Roles windows.
As far as your question is concerned, by default MII assigns XMII Administrators, XMII Developers and XMII Users roles (MII 12.0) as Reader to Transaction. Where as MII assigns XMII Administrators and XMII Developers roles as Writer to Transaction.
Hope this helps!
Best Regards,
Kedar