You do not have privileges to delete the current journal error When Deleting a Budget Transfer Amendment


Description of Issue

Why am getting the You do not have privileges to delete the current journal. error when deleting a budget amendment in proof?

Where is the Delete button to delete budget transfer in proof?

Context
  • Budget Transfers And Amendments
  • Accounting Entries
  • User Attributes
  • 11.3 and below
Cause

The General Ledger permissions Update own journal entries and Update others journal entries are required to delete journal entries


Resolution

To grant the user permission to delete:

System Administration > Security > User Attributes

  1. Click Search, and enter the Users ID
  2. Click Accept, and this will bring up the users Roles
  3. Highlight which Role that you would like to edit, and then click Edit Roles (may affect multiple users)
  4. Click on the General Ledger section
  5. Click Update
  6. If this user was the one who originally created this Budget Amendment, they will need the permission "Updating own journal entries" checked in order to update that Budget Amendment. If a different user created this Budget Amendment, this user will need the permission Update others journal entries
  7. Once you check the proper permission, click Accept
  8. Reopen Budget Transfers and Amendments to retry update
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