An action triggered by the server was denied based on a rule

Symptom:

An action triggered by the server was denied based on a rule,Access denied,Save File to local drive denied.

Cause:

While downloading a file from SAP you got a popup as below and you have clicked "DENY".

And Now you are getting a message as " Access Denied" or An action triggered by the server was denied based on a rule

Solution:

1. Close all open SAP GUI sessions

2. From the SAP GUI logon pad, select OPTIONS (right side top):

Options ->Security->Security Settings

3. Click on "Restore Defaults" as shown in the above image.

4. Check both the check boxes in the below image and select OK.

5. You can delete the user defined roles only also:

Select the Open Security Configuration tab:

Select the both check boxes as shown below and the rows with the DENY action and click DELETE

Hope this helps!!!

Abraham