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2557046 - Catalogs View in Product Portfolio Work Center is Missing

Symptom

Unable to locate the Catalogs view in Product Portfolio work center.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Product Portfolio Work Center.
  2. 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:

  1. Go to Business Configuration Work Center.
  2. Go to Implementation Projects view.
  3. Choose Edit Project Scope.
  4. Using Next button, Go to step 4: Questions.
  5. Go to "General Business Data" Element.
  6. Go to Products sub-element.
  7. Select Catalogs.
  8. Select the checkbox for the question “Do you import material or service catalogs from your suppliers into the system?”.
  9. Select Next.
  10. Choose Finish.

Resolution for Cause 2:

  1. Go to Application and User Management Work Center.
  2. Go to User and Access Management view.
  3. Go to Business Users sub-view.
  4. Search for Business User XYZ (XYZ represent the Business User ID).
  5. Choose Edit and select Access Rights.
  6. Go to Work Center and View Assignment tab.
  7. In SRM_PRODUCTPORTFOLIO work center/view ID select CCM_CATALOGS view ID.
  8. Select the checkbox Assigned to user.
  9. 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

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions