User group permissions have always been a pain but interesting area in AX (at least for me). The challenge for the Administrators is to find a the appropriate security keys for giving desired permissions to a user group. 

Microsoft has been aware of this pain and as a first step towards providing an aid to locate the security key to be configured, a security profiler tool has been provided. Its not a default part of standard application but a download can be requested from Microsoft support . it will be provided to you in the form of an xpo.This tool is not yet perfect as it sometimes fails to give the desired results. As i said in the beginning that this is the first step in this direction therefore Microsoft recommends that it is used in the TEST environments only and not in any Production/Live environment.

The download cannot be provided here because of the user sign up agreement for confidentiality with Microsoft

Once you have the tool login into the system as an Administrator that has access to all of the forms and reports in the system follow the steps given below to use it. 

1. Import the xpo:

2. Re-launch AX. This step is important because 2 menu items are added to the Administration menu and they won’t show up until AX is reloaded.

3. Under Administration go to Security Profiler.

4. Click the Start Profiling button –- and leave this form open.

5. Navigate to the forms and reports you want to gather security key information about.

e.g. AR>Sales Order details>Posting>Invoice.

6. Click the Stop Profiling button in the Security Profiler window (the same window opened in step #4).

a. A form will open showing you all of the security keys that were hit while you navigated thru the system.

b. To print out the results listed in the report click the Print report button and print the report.

c. To view your existing security profiles click Administration > Security Profile Results(same as point 6a above)