batch approval security

I know that this might not be traditionally in the remit of the technical person, but I felt the need to blog on it.  I got asked a question that related to an error message like

Issues (click each label for more information):

	Not Authorized to Change Batch Status
	An error has occurred, but it cannot be corrected from this form. Please correct any other errors and then contact your System Administrator regarding this error. CAUSE: Batch security has been set up. User does not have authority to approve or pend a batch. RESOLUTION: Contact your Data Processing Department to obtain authority.
	ER Details:
	Form	P0011_W0011A
	Control Id	54
	Control Title	Batch Approval
	Event	Button clicked
	Line No	98
	Error ID	1258

Please look for the highlighted fields, correct the entries, and resubmit your request.

This is actually solved by accessing P00241 - batch approval security.  You can specify a user and whose batches they are able to approve.  It's pretty simple.  You also have a few tick boxes that allow you to choose whether this security is enabled for A/P, A/R or G/L - pretty neat hey!

I have a fear that I did know about this many beers ago, because the app name is fairly catchy (for a nerd) P00241 (2 for 1).

So, if you get batch approval security problems, you might be able to solve them with this snippet.

Also see you friendly oracle reference:  664703.1