What is SAP Uflag?
What is SAP Uflag?
The UFLAG is the numbering value to determine the status of a user in the SAP system. The status here means, lock /unlock mode which can be refer to the following details, 0 – No Lock. 32 – Global Account Lock (Locked by CUA) 64 – Local Account Lock (Locked by Administrator)
How do you unlock Ddic user from OS level?
Unlock sap* and ddic from OS level database
- UFLAG : 64 means ,DDIC user is lock.
- BNAME = User Name.
- MANDT = Client No.
- SQL> update SAPSR3.USR02 set UFLAG=0 where BNAME=’DDIC’ and MANDT=600;
- UFLAG : 64 means ,SAP* user is lock.
- BNAME = User Name.
- MANDT = Client No.
- SQL> update SAPSR3.
What is the user status if user ID is locked by administrator?
So when they have to unlock the users they know which ones they locked and which ones were already locked by admin or other reasons….Uflag Values 1 – 65 – 97.
User status | Reason |
---|---|
0 | User not locked |
32 (Hex 20) | Locked by CUA central administrator |
64 (Hex 40) | Locked by administrator |
128 (Hex 80) | Locked after failed logon |
How do I unlock SAP user OS level?
How to unlock SAP* user in Ms SQL database
- Try login SAP system with SAP* user. SAP* user got locked due to too many attempts with wrong password.
- Login to Ms SQL Database,
- Execute the query: select * from er1. USR02.
- Execute the query: select * from er1.
- Execute the query: update er1.
- Now execute the query :
Why do you put 1 value in uflag?
Here is the explanation about the 1 value ! When SAP BC team locks the users to do their job (maintenance, upgrade or whathever), they use a program to add 1 in the Uflag. So when they have to unlock the users they know which ones they locked and which ones were already locked by admin or other reasons.
What does uflag stand for in SAP system?
The UFLAG is the numbering value to determine the status of a user in the SAP system. The status here means, lock /unlock mode which can be refer to the following details,
What happens if the uflag field is not unlocked?
In this case the system only respects the bit masks which it knows and these are summed into the uflag field. Any values which it does not know any cannot calculate the masks for are ignored and considered to be 0 -> unlocked. As this regularly creates big messes (particularly updating single fields of USR02!)
When do I need to do do-1 to uflag?
So when they have to unlock the users they know which ones they locked and which ones were already locked by admin or other reasons. So when they have finished their job, they launch another program to do -1 to Uflag.
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