Authorization Issues When Reading Tables
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Article Summary

Once you complete extracting your Custom Code, you may encounter authorization issues in the final Job Log.
These issues can be related to the Production RFC user or the user running the extraction.

Examples of a Job Log Authorization Issue
  • RFC_READ_TABLE of [TABLE_NAME]. Error: NOT_AUTHORIZED
  • RFC_READ_TABLE of E070. Error: NOT_AUTHORIZED
  •  <ETL_JOBLOG ORDER="00212" DATE="20161123" TIME="101144" MESSAGE="Extraction of AGR_USERS from PANAYA_HRP failed. Error: NOT_AUTHORIZED"/>
 
How to solve this?
You will need to define/update the Authorization Group for Object S_TABU_DIS to the Production RFC user, as described in this article
 
How do I know which Authorization Group to add?
  1. Run transaction SE11 (ABAP Dictionary: Initial Screen)
  2. Type the Database Table name (1)
  3. Select Display (2)
  4. In the upper menu, select Utilities (1) and then Table Maintenance Generator (2)
  5. Take note of the Authorization Group
  6. If this Authorization Group is not mentioned in this article, for Object S_TABU_DIS, you will need to add it to the RFC user definition
  7. Run the extractor