How To Fix VP261 - No authorization for displaying table & (authoriz. grp &)

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: VP - Vertriebsbelegpartner

• Message number: 261

• Message text: No authorization for displaying table & (authoriz. grp &)

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message VP261 - No authorization for displaying table & (authoriz. grp &) ?

  SAP Error Message:
  VP261 - No authorization for displaying table & (authoriz. grp &)
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs when a user tries to display or access a table or data object in SAP for which they do not have the required authorization. Specifically, the system checks the authorization group assigned to the table or data, and if the user’s roles do not include the necessary authorization for that group, the system denies access and raises this error.
  
  The placeholders & in the message represent the table name and the authorization group respectively.
  Authorization groups are used in SAP to restrict access to certain tables or data objects.
  The user’s assigned roles or profiles do not contain the required authorization object with the correct values to display the table.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Identify the Table and Authorization Group:
  
  From the error message, note the table name and the authorization group.
  You can also check the authorization group of a table in transaction SE11