How To Fix WP3ROLES016 - Portal role is deleted

WP3ROLES016 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WP3ROLES - Portal Role Maintenance

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Portal role is deleted

What causes this issue?

This role is flagged as deleted in SAP Enterprise Portal.

System Response

As long as authorization roles exist that are derived from this portal
role, there is a warning.

How to fix this error?

We recommend deleting the subordinate authorization roles using the
role maintenance report.
You can then remove the portal role line by choosing "Utilities -->
Clean up data".

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

WP3ROLES016 - Details

• The SAP error message WP3ROLES016: Portal role is deleted typically occurs in the context of SAP Enterprise Portal or SAP NetWeaver Portal when a user tries to access a portal role that no longer exists or has been deleted from the system.
  
  Cause
  
  The portal role assigned to the user has been deleted or is no longer available in the SAP Enterprise Portal.
  The user’s role assignment in the backend system (e.g., SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA) still references a portal role that has been removed.
  Synchronization issues between the backend system and the portal system, causing outdated role information to persist.
  The role might have been renamed or moved, but the user assignment was not updated accordingly.
  
  
  Solution
  
  
  Verify Role Existence in Portal:
  
  Log in to the SAP Enterprise Portal as an administrator.
  Navigate to the Role Administration or Content Administration.
  Check if the role mentioned in the error message exists.
  
  
  
  Check User Role Assignments:
  
  In the backend system (e.g., SAP