How To Fix WS643 - Check authorization objects (cancellation) for Settlement Management

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 643

• Message text: Check authorization objects (cancellation) for Settlement Management

What causes this issue?

You have activated an additional authorization check, for cancelling
posted documents, for Settlement Management. This may require some
postprocessing of authorization management.

System Response

The system also checks whether you are authorized to cancel settlement
management documents that have already been forwarded to Financial
Accounting. Cancellation cannot take place if an authorization is
missing.

How to fix this error?

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

Procedure for System Administrators

Check the authorization objects W_WBRK_FKA and W_WBRK_ORG and adapt them
if necessary to include the 'Cancel (85)' activity in the user profile.
Unless you do this, cancellation is not possible.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS643 - Check authorization objects (cancellation) for Settlement Management ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation regarding the SAP error message WS643 related to Settlement Management:
  
  SAP Error Message: WS643 - Check authorization objects (cancellation)
  
  1. Cause
  The error message WS643 typically occurs when a user attempts to perform a cancellation (reversal) of a settlement document in SAP Settlement Management, but the user does not have the required authorizations to carry out this action.
  
  Settlement Management involves processing and settling costs or revenues between different cost centers, orders, or projects.
  Cancellation of a settlement document is a sensitive operation and requires specific authorization objects to ensure that only authorized personnel can reverse settlements.
  The system checks for certain authorization objects related to settlement cancellation, and if the user lacks these, the system throws the WS643 error.
  
  
  2. Authorization Objects Involved
  The key authorization objects related to settlement cancellation in SAP Settlement Management are:
  
  C_JEST_S: Authorization for settlement processing.
  C_JEST_C: Authorization for settlement cancellation.
  C_JEST_A: Authorization for settlement display.
  Possibly also C_JEST (general settlement