MDM 321 – SAP Netweaver Master Data Management

Symptom
When working in MDM iViews, MDM table and field privileges enforced policy is stricter then the one in Data Manager
Other terms
Roles, Permissions, Privileges, iViews
Reason and Prerequisites
In MDM iViews, an MDM role’s field and table privileges (Read, Write) are determined as follows: If in the MDM Console, under Admin -> Role -> Tables and Fields tab, the Read-Only property is enabled for the MDM table (e.g. Products) Access column, then ALL fields located under the table node are assumed to be Read-Only, regardless if any of these fields has a Read/Write setting.
In the Data Manager, a field privileges are determined only based on the field access property, regardless of the table access property setting.
This result in the iView enforcing a stricter policy compared to [...]

Symptom
While attempting to duplicate a record, an error occurs saying “Insufficient rights for operation” although it seems that the user has all the required permissions
Other terms
MDM, rights, permissions, Data Manager, Portal
Reason and Prerequisites
When duplicating a record, MDM tries to save the duplicated record to the repository. A user must have “Read/Write” permissions to all fields in order to add data to a certain record. Consequently, if a certain user tried to duplicate a record he must have “Read/Write” permissions to all populated fields.
Solution
Make sure that the user that is duplicating records has “Read/Write” permissions to all populated fields.