Explanation
The sales manager is unable to publish the alignment because they only have Commenter access to the alignment, the alignment must be submitted for approval before publishing, and the alignment must be approved before it can be published. These are the three possible reasons that prevent the sales manager from publishing the alignment to Salesforce Maps. Commenter access only allows users to view and comment on alignments, but not edit or publish them. Submitting and approving alignments are required steps for publishing alignments if Alignment Approval is enabled in the org. These are explained in the Control Access to Alignments and Set Up a Process for Alignment Approvals and Publishing documents.