2414788 - "No suitable ODBC driver was found" even though ODBC driver is installed already

• The connection to remote SQL Server from SAP application server on Linux platform cannot be established, although ODBC driver has already been installed in the linux following SAP note 1644499.
• Work process developer trace shows "No suitable ODBC driver was found". For example:

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C  ERROR: No suitable ODBC driver was found.
C  The highest known driver is: [ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server]
B  ***LOG BY2=> sql error 0 performing CON [dbds         1007]
B  ***LOG BY0=> <message text not available> [dbds         1007]
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• SAP Systems based on SAP NetWeaver
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES11)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (SLES12)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (SLES15)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7)
• Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server - Red Hat Linux
• Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server - SUSE Linux
• Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server - Windows + Linux
• Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server - Windows + Linux

sql error 0 performing CON, SQL Server, remote connection, database connection, unixODBC, No suitable ODBC driver was found, <message text not available>, RSA1, ADBC_TEST_CONNECTION, DBACOCKPIT, Database system cannot be reached, ADBC error, Internal error 1 has occurred, Could not open connection, SQL error 0 occurred, The highest known driver is: [ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server], SLT , KBA , BC-DB-MSS , SQL Server in SAP NetWeaver Products , BC-OP-LNX , Linux , BW-SYS-DB-MSS , BW on Microsoft SQL Server , BC-OP-LNX-SUSE , SUSE Linux , BC-OP-LNX-RH , Red Hat Linux , Problem