How To Fix CMCB_MSG471 - Log on with a user that belongs to the planning organizational unit

CMCB_MSG471 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CMCB_MSG - Cash Budgeting Message Class

• Message number: 471

• Message text: Log on with a user that belongs to the planning organizational unit

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CMCB_MSG471 - Details

• The SAP error message CMCB_MSG471 indicates that the user attempting to log on does not belong to the required planning organizational unit. This error typically occurs in SAP systems that utilize organizational units for access control, particularly in planning applications like SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) or SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the user account being used to log in does not have the necessary authorizations or is not assigned to the correct organizational unit that is required for the planning functions. This can happen due to:
  
  User Role Assignment: The user may not have been assigned to the appropriate roles that grant access to the planning organizational unit.
  Organizational Unit Configuration: The organizational unit settings may not include the user, or the user may be assigned to a different organizational unit that does not have planning access.
  User Master Data: The user master data may not