How to resolve error : The operation"APPROVE"is not allowed in Spotfire Statistica?

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Article ID: KB0138746

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Products Versions
Spotfire Statistica - All Servers 14.4

Description

 The operation"APPROVE" is not allowed is an error observed while rejecting the samples by an Approver using the Review Sample button on Data Entry Samples.

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Environment

Statistica All Server.

Windows OS.

Resolution

This error is observed when a user with Data Entry Approver permission can't reject their own samples.

It needs below permission to be configured in the system options of Statistica Enterprise --> System Options --> Data Entry Settings: 

1. "Allow user to approve their own samples" along with the sub-option "For Blind Data Entry, the user making last change can also approve" enables users to approve their own samples and send them to revision as well.

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If the above checkboxes are not checked, the user will observe the above error even though having "Approver" privileges.

Issue/Introduction

This article reviews the steps and settings needed to be configured in Statistica to resolve the error: The operation 'APPROVE' is not allowed,