SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3703073 - "You do not have permission to view this correspondence" error when opening email on application - Recruiting

Symptom

When a user tries to open up an email from correspondence portlet on a candidate application in Legacy Workbench but that user is not the sender of that email, they receive the following error: "You do not have permission to view this correspondence. Contact your administrator to enable the relevant permission."

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Navigate to Recruiting > Job Requisitions
  2. Click on a job req
  3. Select candidate
  4. Go to the correspondence section and attempt to open any email sent by another user.
  5. Observe the error message: "You do not have permission to view this correspondence. Contact your administrator to enable the relevant permission."

Cause

Expected behaviour

Resolution

For messages sent via the Message Center, those message threads will remain restricted and accessible only to the correspondence owner

See Also

  • 2811418 - Email Correspondence - Message Center - Recruiting Management
  • 3625210 - Users Unable to View Manually Sent Emails in Correspondence Portlet within New Applicant Workbench - Recruiting Management

Keywords

message center, recruiting group, permissions, job req, access, click, different, operator , KBA , LOD-SF-RCM-EML , Recruiting Emails and Notifications , LOD-SF-RCM-APP , Applicants and Job Applications , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting all versions