The COCKPITMONITOR is a technical user required by the SAP HANA Cockpit to connect to and monitor a managed SAP HANA database. For the cockpit to perform its monitoring functions, this user requires two fundamental types of privileges:

1. The ability to read metadata about all database objects (e.g., tables, views, users). This is granted by the CATALOG READ system privilege.

2. The ability to query the system monitoring views, which contain performance data, alerts, and system status information. These views are located in the SYSSTATISTICS schema, requiring the SELECT object privilege on this schema.

These two privileges form the essential basis for a monitoring user.

A. MONITOR ADMIN: This is a powerful system privilege that bundles many permissions. While it would grant the necessary access, it is not strictly required as the more granular privileges (CATALOG READ and SELECT on SYSSTATISTICS) are sufficient for the core monitoring function.

B. SELECT on the SYSTELEMETRY schema: This schema is used for collecting and accessing telemetry data, which is primarily used by SAP for support services like SAP EarlyWatch Alert, not for general, real-time database monitoring via the SAP HANA Cockpit.

1. SAP HANA Administration with SAP HANA Cockpit (SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS 07)

Section: "Create a Database User for the SAP HANA Cockpit". This official guide provides the specific SQL script for creating the cockpit user

which explicitly includes the statements: GRANT CATALOG READ TO ; and GRANT SELECT ON SCHEMA SYSSTATISTICS TO ;. This directly confirms that options C and D are required.

2. SAP HANA Security Guide (SAP HANA Platform 2.0 SPS 07)

Section: "Standard Roles". This guide describes the predefined MONITORING role. The description clarifies that this role is for users who need to monitor the database and its core privileges include CATALOG READ and SELECT access on system views in schemas like SYSSTATISTICS. This reinforces the importance of these two specific privileges for any monitoring activity.