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1944192 - Error Message: You are not authorized to change the data.

Symptom

While trying to approve or reject the Project time records, system throws an error message: "You are not authorized to change the data".

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Managing My Area work center.
  2. Choose Confirm Time Recording view under Common Task.
  3. Choose Approve button the system throws an error message: "You are not authorized to change the data and the time record will not get approved".

Or

  1. Go to Project Management work center.
  2. Choose Approvals view.
  3. Choose Time Recordings sub view.
  4. Choose Approve button and the system throws an error message: "You are not authorized to change the data and the time record will not get approved".

Cause

User does not have sufficient write access authorization for My Project and My Team work centers to approve the time records.

Resolution

  1. Go to Application And User Management work center.
  2. Choose User and Access Management view.
  3. Choose Business Users sub view.
  4. Choose the User.
  5. Choose the Edit and Access Rights button.
  6. Go to Access Restrictions tab, Unrestricted the Read Access and Write Access to My Team and My Projects work centers.

Keywords

Access rights, authorized, user , KBA , you are not authorized to change data , reject the project time records , SRD-SRM-PRO , Purchase Requests and Orders , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions