What Is The Use Of A Colon ':' As An Authorization Value?

1.	What Is The Use Of A Colon ':' As An Authorization Value?
Answer» It ENABLES queries that do not contain an authorization relevant object that have been checked into the INFOCUBE. It allows summary data to be displayed if the user does not have access to detailed data. For example, if you create 2 authorizations for one user: one with Sales Org * and CUSTOMERS : and second with sales org 1000 and customers *, the user sees all customers for sales org 1000 and only summarized REPORT for other sales org.

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It ENABLES queries that do not contain an authorization relevant object that have been checked into the INFOCUBE.
It allows summary data to be displayed if the user does not have access to detailed data. For example, if you create 2 authorizations for one user: one with Sales Org * and CUSTOMERS : and second with sales org 1000 and customers *, the user sees all customers for sales org 1000 and only summarized REPORT for other sales org.

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