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3393356 - The SAC add-in will use the design and view permissions defined in SAP Analytics Cloud

Symptom

The warning message is displayed in the logon dialog of SAC add-in for Microsoft Office:
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"As of version 2023.25 (planned for mid-November), the add-in will differentiate between users with design and view permissions. Your user roles must have the appropriate permissions applied in your SAP Analytics Cloud until then."
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Or

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"As of this version, the add-in uses the design and view permissions defined in your SAP Analytics Cloud for user privileges. Your user currently has no permissions, so you are not able to work with the add-in anymore."
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Environment

SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office

Reproducing the Issue

Sign in to your SAP Analytics Cloud tenant in SAC add-in

Cause

The message is related to a change in the product, described in the What's New document available here.

Resolution

Refer to the blog post Designer / viewer rights in SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office, which is also mentioned in the logon dialog, and set the corresponding rights in "Add-in Workbook" privilege.

OBS: This is also applicable for one-tenant Datasphere set-up, which in this case uses an embedded SAC tenant used in the SAC Add-in. 

Keywords

warning, login, authorization, roles, permission , KBA , LOD-ANA-OF , SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud, add-in for Microsoft Office all versions