Symptom
Unable to activate Communication Arrangement due to the following error:
"Outbound deployment failed
Password missing
User name missing
Status change not permitted
Error while reactivating communication arrangement"
Environment
- SAP Business ByDesign
- SAP Cloud for Customer
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Application and User Management workcenter
- Go to Communication Arrangement view
- Select the relevant Communication Arrangement
- Select Save and Reactive
- Notice the errors are displayed.
Cause
Authentication is a critical part of data communication in ByD. It is not possible to create a communication arrangement without providing either user name, password (and/or) SSL Certificate. After selecting the scenario, and system Instance, the first process that is checked in the communication arrangement activation is a valid authentication, without which Communication Arrangement creation is not possible.
Resolution
To activate the communication arrangement, make sure to use either basic authentication (User and Password) or SSL certificate, as per the standard system behavior.
Keywords
Communication Arrangement, Activation, Error, Authentication, Web Service, Outbound deployment failed, Password missing, User name missing, Status change not permitted, Basic Authentication, User and Password, SSL Certificate , KBA , AP-RC-CEC-B2B , ByD On-Demand Cloud-Process Integration B2B , Problem