Why "You do not have authorization to display company codes" ? Thanks

Question

Hello,
Using the Tutorial BAPI which comes with the JCO Tutorial,I just wanna call the first function.
When I run the code, it display "You do not have authorization to display company codes".
Could any body please help me to explain why?
Thanks a lot
BELOW IS THE CODE:
package com.sap.slc.teamweb.test;
import com.sap.mw.jco.*;
public class TestBapi1 extends Object {
    JCO.Client mConnection;
    JCO.Repository mRepository;
    public TestBapi1() {
        try {
            // Change the logon information to your own system/user
            JCO.createClient("001", // SAP client
              "<userid>", // userid
              "****", // password
              null, // language
              "<hostname>", // application server host name
              "00"); // system number
            mConnection.connect();
            mRepository = new JCO.Repository("SAPJCO", mConnection);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        JCO.Function function = null;
        JCO.Table codes = null;
        try {
            function = this.createFunction("BAPI_COMPANYCODE_GETLIST");
            if (function == null) {
                System.out.println("BAPI_COMPANYCODE_GETLIST" + " not found in SAP.");
                System.exit(1);
            mConnection.execute(function);
            JCO.Structure returnStructure = function.getExportParameterList().getStructure("RETURN");
            if (!(returnStructure.getString("TYPE").equals("") || returnStructure.getString("TYPE").equals("S"))) {
                System.out.println(returnStructure.getString("MESSAGE"));
                System.exit(1);
            codes = function.getTableParameterList().getTable("COMPANYCODE_LIST");
            for (int i = 0; i < codes.getNumRows(); i++) {
                codes.setRow(i);
                System.out.println(codes.getString("COMP_CODE") + '\t' + codes.getString("COMP_NAME"));
        catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        try {
            codes.firstRow();
            for (int i = 0; i < codes.getNumRows(); i++, codes.nextRow()) {
                function = this.createFunction("BAPI_COMPANYCODE_GETDETAIL");
                if (function == null) {
                    System.out.println("BAPI_COMPANYCODE_GETDETAIL" + " not found in SAP.");
                    System.exit(1);
                function.getImportParameterList().
                setValue(codes.getString("COMP_CODE"), "COMPANYCODEID");
                function.getExportParameterList().
                setActive(false, "COMPANYCODE_ADDRESS");
                mConnection.execute(function);
                JCO.Structure returnStructure = function.getExportParameterList().getStructure("RETURN");
                if (!(returnStructure.getString("TYPE").equals("") ||
                returnStructure.getString("TYPE").equals("S") ||
                returnStructure.getString("TYPE").equals("W"))) {
                    System.out.println(returnStructure.getString("MESSAGE"));
                JCO.Structure detail =
                function.getExportParameterList().
                getStructure("COMPANYCODE_DETAIL");
                System.out.println(detail.getString("COMP_CODE") + '\t' +
                detail.getString("COUNTRY") + '\t' +
                detail.getString("CITY"));
        catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        mConnection.disconnect();
    public JCO.Function createFunction(String name) throws Exception {
        try {
            IFunctionTemplate ft = mRepository.getFunctionTemplate(name.toUpperCase());
            if (ft == null)
                return null;
            return ft.getFunction();
        catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new Exception("Problem retrieving JCO.Function object.");
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        TestBapi1 app = new TestBapi1();

Answer 1

Hi Mao,
R/3 comes with some predefined Company Codes and we also
can define our own Company Codes.
visit this link this may help you.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/8e/1a5217171311d28e1d080009b6ab29/frameset.htm
Regards,
Narinder Hartala