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3751824 - Unable to Edit Road Freight Order due to Error Message - "you are not authorized to edit this business document"

Symptom

When attempting to edit a road freight order in the Manage Freight Orders app, an authorization error occurs. Error message: "You are not authorized to edit this business document."

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the Manage Freight Orders app.
  2. Open the relevant Road Freight Order document
  3. Select Edit.
  4. Observe the error: "You are not authorized to edit this business document."

Cause

The business role assigned to the user has authorization categories (Write, Read, Value Help) set to Restricted for the relevant Transportation Management catalog, preventing edit actions.

Resolution

  1. Identify the business role assigned to the user that contains the business catalog SAP_TM_BC_ORDR_PC (Transportation - Order Management).
  2. In that business role, change the authorization categories to Unrestricted for:
    • Write, Read, Value Help
    • Read, Value Help
    • Value Help
  3. Save the changes to the business role.
  4. Test again by editing a road freight order in the Manage Freight Orders app.

See Also

Keywords

manage freight orders, road freight order, you are not authorized to edit this business document, authorization, edit blocked, business role, authorization categories, restricted, unrestricted, SAP_TM_BC_ORDR_PC, transportation management, dispatcher role, catalog permissions , KBA , TM-FRM-FRO-2CL , Freight Order (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions