Mass 'Read Menu' in composite role

Question: Hello everybody !

When changing a single roles ( adding or deleting a transaction ), I have to go on each related composite role, one after the other, and 'read menu' to update menu.
Is it possible to process a mass 'read menu' , for many or all composite roles ?
Thanks
Laïla

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Did you already find a solution?
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Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Amicalement,
Wim

Answer:
Yet another reason NOT to use composite.
I believe you are stuck with updating it manually, though you can look at the where-used on SSM_CUST to see if there is a "menu" cofig to update the menus whne you make a change.

SUPC may also be of help in going through each role.

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Ok John, apparently you're not in favor of using comp.roles.
But IT is standard SAP and therefore there should exist a way to automate that. (why would SAP have Mass generation, mass transport, mass user compare, mass download-upload ==> but NO mass redesign of menu?

Does anyone have ever used following entries in SSM_CUST:
PROCESS_MENU_PFCG
Z_EXIT_USER_COPY
POSTPROCESS_MENU
SSM_FORCE_MENU_LOAD

Are they useful?
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Kind Regards/Vriendelijke groeten/Amicalement,
Wim

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Hello everybody ,
Thanks for your answers, but i didn't find yet a solution !!
I keep on searching...
Laïla

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I personally just wrote an abap to do this, not hard.

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There are a lot of things available in SAP and they are there to address a symptom instead of having the customer address the underlying cause of the problem, POOR Security design.
There is no automated tool SAP provides to update the menus. there is no warning to prevent a user from wiping out any changes in the child role when the "adjust" path is taken in the Parent. The list goes on... just because it is in SAP does not mean it SHOULD be used, Above all in ANY installation on ANY Module KEEP IT SIMPLE, composites are NOT simple and assumes a level of sophistication and full understanding of the consequences of choosing that path.

If your organization and others complain enough SAP will provide anothe "cure" for the symptom, rather than tell you to redesign your security and charge you for it....

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We have checked all messages posted regarding mass gerneration of menus in composite roles. (i.e. transaction PFCG).

We tried using CATT script but this didn't work.

Now we are trying to develop our own ABAP program to replicate
the READ MENU, SAVE in PFCG for a composite role to regenerate the menu.

We are finding this difficult to replicate due to the amount of SAP standard function modules and FORMS within function groups that the program is executing. Can you provide us with any particular hints or ideally source code that has been developed to overcome this problem.