How To Fix UWS_PUBLISHING005 - No SAP Office user exists for user &1

UWS_PUBLISHING005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: UWS_PUBLISHING - Web Service Publishing

• Message number: 005

• Message text: No SAP Office user exists for user &1

What causes this issue?

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

System Response

How to fix this error?

Call up transaction SBWP for the missing user. The SAP Office user is
then automatically activated.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

UWS_PUBLISHING005 - Details

• The SAP error message UWS_PUBLISHING005 indicates that there is no SAP Office user associated with the specified user ID. This error typically occurs when trying to publish or access documents in SAP that require integration with SAP Office (such as SAP BusinessObjects or SAP Analysis for Office).
  
  Cause:
  
  User Not Defined: The user ID specified does not have a corresponding SAP Office user defined in the system.
  Missing Authorization: The user may not have the necessary authorizations to access SAP Office functionalities.
  Incorrect User ID: The user ID provided may be incorrect or misspelled.
  User Not Assigned to SAP Office: The user has not been assigned to the SAP Office integration in the system.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check User ID:
  
  Verify that the user ID specified in the error message is correct and exists in the SAP system.
  
  
  
  Create or Assign SAP Office User:
  
  If the user does not exist as an SAP Office