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2529312 - Error Message 'You are not authorized to execute report XYZ' When Executing The Broadcast

Symptom

You are facing the error message 'You are not authorized to execute report XYZ' when you are trying to run a broadcast, even if it has been scheduled to run automatically or manually. And the e-mails are not being sent.

Environment

  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Analytics work center and Broadcasts view
  2. Show All and Find Daily XT Issues Report broadcast
  3. click on Start Now button
  4. See the error message: You are not authorized to execute report XYZ.

Cause

When you send a report via broadcast, the system performs an authorization check, so it checks if the report and the user are assigned to the same work center. The issue can occur in the following cases:

  • There is no Work Center assigned to the report XYZ, it means that no business user has access to it.
  • The report is assigned, but the recipient (if the broadcast is user specific) or the broadcast creator (if the broadcast is not user specific) have no access to the report.

Resolution

  1. Go to Business Analytics work center and Design Reports view
  2. Show All and Find the report XYZ
  3. Click on Assign button
  4. Check the checkbox for the work centers that you want to have assigned to this report.
  5. If your broadcast is user specific, ensure that the recipients are also assigned to at least one of the selected work center views to which report is assigned.
  6. If your broadcast is not user specific, ensure that the creator of the broadcast is assigned to at least one of the selected work center views to 

Keywords

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Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions