To use Xtract for Alteryx you need an SAP connection user with sufficient authorization in SAP. Authorizations are assigned via authorization objects in SAP. Redirect this page to your SAP Basis administrators to get the relevant authorization objects for your SAP connection user.
The authorizations in the section General authorization objects are required to establish an SAP connection with the SAP application server. The required authorizations for each component are listed in their respective section.
SAP Authorization Profiles
Theobald Software collected and combined the necessary authorizations for all components into SAP roles. You can download the SAP profiles and upload them to your SAP system:
If you still get an authorization error, ask SAP Basis to record an ST01-/ or SU53-authorization trace in SAP. This trace shows which authorizations objects are missing.
General Authorization Objects
The following authorization objects are required to establish a connection to SAP.
The necessary transport request for function group ZXTRACTABAP is located in the following path: C:\Program Files\[XtractProduct]\ABAP\Report\Z_XTRACT_IS_REMOTE_REPORT-transport.zip of the default installation.
To execute a report with Xtract for Alteryx, the SAP connection user needs explicit authorization to execute the report. Authorization can be granted using one of the following methods:
XXXX (stands for a placeholder) is the authorization group for the table. To determine, which authorization group belongs to which table, check the table TDDAT - Maintenance Areas for Tables. If the table is not listed, the authorization group is &NC&. For authorizing specific tables use authorization object S_TABU_NAM instead of S_TABU_DIS.
Note
The transport request for function group /THEO/READ_TABLE and Z_THEO_READ_TABLE is located in the following path: C:\Program Files\[XtractProduct]\ABAP\Table of the default installation.