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3335073 - You are not authorized to access the data - Expense Report

Symptom

The approver user can't access the Expense Report to check its details, the system shows the error message: "You are not authorized to access the data"

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Log in the system with an Approver user
  2. Go to Home > My Launchpad and click Open Tasks
  3. Find the "Approve Expense Report XXX" task and open it
  4. In the new screen, click the Expense report ID XXX link
  5. The system shows the error message "You are not authorized to access the data"

Cause

Missing authorization

Resolution

The user needs to have the following authorization/access rights to access the Expense Reports: FIN_EXPENSEREPORTS

Keywords

expense report, access, view, approval, access rights, users , KBA , SRD-FIN-ERM , Travel and Expense Management , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions