3283064 - Error message "You are not authorized for this release process" while approving Purchase Orders in My Inbox app

You are trying to approve Purchase Orders in My Inbox app but are getting the error message "Cannot process task. For more information, see the details. You are not authorized for this release process". 

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

You don't have the Business Catalog SAP_MM_BC_PO_WIAPPROVE_PC assigned to your user. The approval process is considered a change to the purchase order because it allows the purchase order to be sent to suppliers. For this reason, to approve Purchase Orders in My Inbox app, the approvers must have the necessary authorization. 

OR

You have the Business Catalog SAP_MM_BC_PO_WIAPPROVE_PC but the Business Role contains restrictions that are not allowing the user to approve the PO. 

 

 

Provide the authorization SAP_MM_BC_PO_WIAPPROVE_PC to your Business User. 

OR

Review and maintain the restrictions to make sure that the POs to be approved by the user will attend the restrictions. Also, make sure that all the other restriction fields with no values are "* (Unrestricted)".

*Please note that we do not recommend to restrict the Business Role containing the Business Catalog SAP_MM_BC_PO_WIAPPROVE_PC.

For more information, please check Maintain Business Roles and Working with Purchase Orders in My Inbox app.

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