How To Fix WV160 - No authorization to calculate price for this org. level/material group

WV160 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WV - Messages about Sales Price Calculation

• Message number: 160

• Message text: No authorization to calculate price for this org. level/material group

What causes this issue?

You have no authorization to calculate prices for the organizational
level/material group selected:

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

Distribution chain: &V1&
Plant: &V2&
Price list: &V3&
Material group: &V4&

System Response

The current item will be excluded from the price calculation.

How to fix this error?

If you require authorization to calculate prices for this
organizational level/material group, please contact your system
administration. To be able to calculate prices for distribution chains,
plants or price lists, you will need the authorizations in
authorization objects W_VKPR_VTL, W_VKPR_WRK and W_VKPR_PLT
respectively.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

WV160 - Details

• The SAP error message WV160, which states "No authorization to calculate price for this org. level/material group," typically indicates that the user does not have the necessary authorizations to perform pricing calculations for a specific organizational level or material group in the SAP system. This can occur in various modules, such as Sales and Distribution (SD) or Materials Management (MM).
  
  Cause:
  
  Authorization Issues: The user lacks the required authorization objects that allow them to access pricing information for the specified organizational level (e.g., plant, sales organization) or material group.
  Missing Roles: The user may not have been assigned the appropriate roles that include the necessary authorizations for pricing calculations.
  Configuration Settings: There may be specific configuration settings in the pricing procedure that restrict access based on organizational levels or material groups.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check User Authorizations:
  
  Use transaction code SU53 immediately after encountering the error to check which authorization objects are missing.
  Review the user's roles and profiles in