During the initial phase of our application development, we need superusers for our database, especially when we are starting with greenfield projects and no prior databases exist. Most of the time, we use this type of user to run DDL
How to programmatically create users in SAP NetWeaver Portal
This article demonstrates how to programmatically change user passwords in SAP NetWeaver Portal using available API. For applications with very high number of users, they may be better off keeping some references to portal users in their databases. For instance, an application can cache user ids in its database when new users are created. In that that way, it has readily available list of users at its disposal. Certain non-critical queries can be delegated to the RDBMS to reduce hits to the portal.