How To Fix AO218 - No authorization for user status of &4

AO218 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: AO - Appropriation requests - Master data / Customizing

• Message number: 218

• Message text: No authorization for user status of &4

What causes this issue?

You do not have authorization for the following function:
Activity: &V2&.
Object type: &V3&.
Object involved: &V4&.

System Response

The function cannot be carried out.

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

AO218 - Details

• The SAP error message AO218 "No authorization for user status of &4" typically occurs when a user attempts to perform an action on a document or object that has a user status assigned to it, but the user does not have the necessary authorizations to interact with that specific user status.
  
  Cause:
  
  User Status Configuration: The user status assigned to the document or object may have specific authorizations that the user lacks.
  Authorization Roles: The user's assigned roles may not include the necessary authorizations for the user status in question.
  Missing Authorizations: The user may not have the required authorizations for the transaction or action they are trying to perform.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check User Status Configuration:
  
  Review the configuration of the user status in the relevant transaction (e.g., in the status profile).
  Ensure that the user status is correctly set up and that the necessary authorizations are defined.
  
  
  
  Review User Authorizations:
  
  Use transaction code SU53 immediately after the error occurs to