Symptom
Unable to locate the Catalogs view in Product Portfolio work center.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Product Portfolio Work Center.
- Search for Catalogs View.
The Catalogs view is missing.
Cause
Cause 1: The Catalogs view is not visible in the Product Portfolio Work Center because the required Scoping Question is not selected in Business Configuration.
Cause 2: The CCM_CATALOGS view ID is not assigned to the Business User ID, resulting in the Catalogs view is not visible in the Product Portfolio Work Center.
Resolution
Resolution for cause 1:
- Go to Business Configuration Work Center.
- Go to Implementation Projects view.
- Choose Edit Project Scope.
- Using Next button, Go to step 4: Questions.
- Go to "General Business Data" Element.
- Go to Products sub-element.
- Select Catalogs.
- Select the checkbox for the question “Do you import material or service catalogs from your suppliers into the system?”.
- Select Next.
- Choose Finish.
Resolution for Cause 2:
- Go to Application and User Management Work Center.
- Go to User and Access Management view.
- Go to Business Users sub-view.
- Search for Business User XYZ (XYZ represent the Business User ID).
- Choose Edit and select Access Rights.
- Go to Work Center and View Assignment tab.
- In SRM_PRODUCTPORTFOLIO work center/view ID select CCM_CATALOGS view ID.
- Select the checkbox Assigned to user.
- Choose Save.
The Catalogs view is available for the user.
Keywords
Catalogs view missing; Product portfolio; Scoping; Business Configuration; View access , KBA , SRD-SRM-CCM , Catalogue Content Managment , How To
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