Introduction
As your SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) environment scales, managing roles for individuals can become time-consuming. By assigning roles at the team level, you can streamline access management and ensure consistent permissions across users with shared responsibilities.
Why Assign Roles to Teams?
Assigning roles directly to a team rather than to each individual user offers key benefits:
- Saves time by applying permissions in bulk
- Ensures consistency across users in the same department, function, or project
- Reduces errors that come from manual role assignment
- Simplifies onboarding—new team members automatically inherit the team’s roles
Example: Instead of assigning the Content Creator role to five analysts individually, assign it once to the Marketing Team, and every member gets the same permissions.
How Roles Are Applied Through Teams
How to Assign Roles to Teams in SAC
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In the Navigation bar, navigate to Security > Roles
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Select the role you want to assign (e.g., Content Creator, Viewer).
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Open the Teams tab within the role’s detail view.
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Search for the team you want to assign the role to and select it.
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Click Save to confirm the changes.
💡Note: All current and future members of the team will now have this role’s permissions.
How to Adjust or Remove Team Roles
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In the Navigation bar, navigate to Security > Roles
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Select the role in question
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Open the Teams tab
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Deselect the team
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Save your changes
This will remove the role from all users who only had it through the team assignment.
Summary
Assigning roles to teams in SAC simplifies access management, keeps permissions consistent, and makes onboarding easier.
Want to learn more about managing Users, Roles, and Teams in SAC? Explore the full SAP Booster course here.
