How To Fix R11578 - No assignment of BP role grouping categories to BP roles exists

R11578 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: R11 - Business Partner and BDT

• Message number: 578

• Message text: No assignment of BP role grouping categories to BP roles exists

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message R11578 - No assignment of BP role grouping categories to BP roles exists ?

  The SAP error message R11578, which states "No assignment of BP role grouping categories to BP roles exists," typically occurs in the context of Business Partner (BP) configuration. This error indicates that there is a missing assignment between the Business Partner roles and the role grouping categories in the system.
  
  Cause:
  The error is usually caused by one of the following reasons:
  
  Missing Configuration: The necessary configuration for assigning Business Partner roles to role grouping categories has not been set up in the system.
  Incorrect Role Assignment: The Business Partner roles that you are trying to use do not have a corresponding role grouping category assigned to them.
  Transport Issues: If the configuration was transported from another system, it might not have included the necessary role assignments.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Role Grouping Configuration:
  
  Go to the transaction code BP (Business Partner) or SPRO (SAP Reference IMG).
  Navigate to the following path: Cross-Application