How To Fix ESH_PS_ES_PROV014 - Editing the ranking factor requires a transport request

ESH_PS_ES_PROV014 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ESH_PS_ES_PROV - ES: Personalized Search - ES-Providers

• Message number: 014

• Message text: Editing the ranking factor requires a transport request

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ESH_PS_ES_PROV014 - Details

• The SAP error message ESH_PS_ES_PROV014 indicates that you are trying to edit a ranking factor in the SAP Enterprise Search (SAP ESH) system, but the system requires a transport request to make this change. This is a common scenario in SAP environments where changes to certain configurations or settings need to be transported between different systems (e.g., from development to quality assurance to production).
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs because:
  
  Transport Management: SAP has a transport management system that controls changes to the system. Certain configurations, including ranking factors, are considered part of the system's configuration and require a transport request to ensure that changes are tracked and can be moved between different environments.
  Authorization: You may not have the necessary authorizations to create or manage transport requests.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Create a Transport Request:
  
  Go to the transaction code SE09 or SE10 in the SAP GUI.
  Create a new transport request if