3579715 - Error in IPS provisioning: "Cannot perform retrieve single user operation with search attribute path(s): [id]"

An issue arises when executing a provisioning job between source system (like Identity Authentication Service (IAS)) and the target system SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

The error message is:

"Cannot execute provisioning job in tenant context: <IAS tenant name>. Caused by: Error during execution on behalf of tenant with ID: <IAS tenant name>. Caused by: Cannot read entities from source system: ... . Caused by: Connector cannot process more entities due to irreparable error. Caused by: Cannot post process SCIM resource 'xxx'. Caused by: All target systems are marked as invalid due to the following reasons: [... - Cannot perform retrieve single user operation with search attribute path(s): [id]. Allowed paths are [[personID], [personExternalID], [userAssignment, userID], [user, userName], [workplaceInformation, emailAddress]]]"

• Identity Provisioning Service (IPS)
• Identity Authentication Service (IAS)
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud

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