After configuring an SAP user directory, available SAP users and groups are displayed in Shared Services Console. Shared Services considers the SAP roles to be the equivalents of groups created by any corporate directory server. Each role from the SAP user directory is displayed as a distinct group in Shared Services Console. Shared Services, however, does not retrieve the relationships between simple and composite roles within the SAP user directory. If needed, you can create nested groups in Native Directory to mimic the relationship that existed between the simple and composite roles in the SAP user directory. This approach, however, has performance implications and should be avoided if possible.