FUE Conversion and User Classification Under RISE.

Full Use Equivalent is the unit by which RISE with SAP measures consumption. Every named user, every system user, every developer, every read only consumer maps to a fractional FUE under a published conversion ratio. The ratios change. The category definitions change. The audit interpretation changes. On every RISE proposal we have reviewed in the past three years, the FUE figure SAP quotes is higher than the FUE figure the buyer should agree to once the user population is properly classified.

This paper takes the published FUE conversion ratios apart and shows where the buyer has discretion. It covers the difference between Advanced Use, Core Use, Self Service, and Developer categories, with concrete examples of which job functions land where. It documents the categories SAP account teams typically inflate. It documents the categories buyers typically over commit. And it covers the re classification rights that should be written into the RISE order form so that the buyer can reduce FUE consumption mid term if the user mix changes.

The paper also covers audit defence. RISE audit clauses are softer than the on premise audit clauses that preceded them, but they still allow SAP to challenge user classification at renewal. The buyer side defensible position is documented evidence of role mapping at the time of provisioning. The paper sets out exactly what that evidence looks like and how to produce it as part of standard identity governance, not as a one off scramble before audit.