What does a status text value of "Old" mean during the maintenance of authorizations for an existing role?

Question

Options

• AField values have not been changed.
• BThe field delivered with content was changed but the old value was retained.
• CField values were changed as a result of the merge process.
• DField values were unchanged and no new authorization was added.

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  10% (5)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  82% (42)

Explanation

In SAP role maintenance (transaction PFCG), a status of "Old" means the authorization object already existed in the role and nothing changed - the field values are identical to what they were before, and the merge/comparison process did not introduce any new authorizations. This distinguishes it from objects that look unchanged but had something added nearby.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is too narrow - saying only that field values haven't changed ignores the second condition. "Old" requires both unchanged values and no new authorizations being added.
• B describes a scenario where a delivered value was modified but rolled back, which is not what "Old" represents; that would relate to a manual override or revert situation.
• C describes the opposite of "Old" - if field values changed due to a merge, the status would be "Changed", not "Old."

Memory tip: Think of "Old" as meaning "nothing happened here." The record is exactly as it was before - no field edits, no new additions. If anything changed (values or new objects), the status would be something other than "Old." Associate it with: Old = Untouched.

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