Named User
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- User
- Aliases
- SAP Named User
- Definition
- Named User means any individual authorized by Customer to Use a Package, including without limitation employees of its Affiliates or its Business Partners. Use means to activate the processing capabilities of the Software, load, execute, access, employ the Software, or display information resulting from such capabilities. Use may occur by way of an interface delivered with or as a part of the Software, a Customer or third-party interface, or another intermediary system. (SAP Software Use Rights enGLOBAL.v.4-2026 §§1.4, 1.8.)
- Counting rules
- Any individual accessing any Package needs a Named User License of a type that covers that Use, plus the Package License. Named User Licenses cannot be assigned to more than 1 individual. Use may occur by way of an interface delivered with or as a part of the Software, a Customer or third-party interface, or another intermediary system (SUR §1.8). Exceptions: §2.2 scheduled predefined query export that does not update or trigger licensed Software; §5.3 suppliers, certain Business Partners, employees on listed packages, appraisers, and consumers/constituents as named. Transfer of a Named User License from 1 individual to another only if the assigned individual: (a) is on vacation; (b) is absent due to sickness; (c) has their employment terminated; (d) is moved into a new job function which no longer requires them to Use any Packages; or (e) is subject to a condition otherwise agreed by SAP (§5.1.1). Legacy: customers with contracts from June 2014 and earlier who licensed mySAP.com / Business Suite / ERP / Individual SAP solutions / Application / BA&T Users may license additional quantities of those same types and are not permitted to license SAP Named Users within their existing license contract (§§5.1.2–5.1.3). The Exhibit 2 “Users” Package metric (§47.1) does not replace the overall SAP Named User licensing requirement.
- Floors / minimums
- 1:1 individual. Named User Licenses cannot be assigned to more than 1 individual. SUR states no numeric Named User floor per Package beyond that 1:1 assignment rule. Transfer only on the five grounds in §5.1.1.
- Related metrics
- Related from
- Documents for SAP Digital Access
- Cores
- Concurrent Sessions
- SAP Professional User
- SAP Developer User
- SAP Learning User
- SAP Project User
- SAP Employee User
- SAP Employee Self-Service User
- SAP Employee Self-Service Core User
- SAP Logistics User
- SAP Worker User
- SAP Business Partner User
- SAP Manager Self-Service User
- SAP Industry Portfolio User
- SAP Platform User
- SAP Business One Professional User
- SAP Business One Limited User
- SAP Business One Starter Package User
- SAP Business One Mobile Application User
- SAP Business One Indirect Access, user-based
- SAP Digital Access
- SAP S/4HANA Digital Access
- S/4HANA Enterprise Management for Professional use
- S/4HANA Enterprise Management for Functional use
- S/4HANA Enterprise Management for Productivity use
- S/4HANA Developer access
- Full Use Equivalent (FUE)