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3590958 - Error during setup of Communication Arrangement - "Activate Flexible Mode in the Extensibility Settings app first."

Symptom

During the final stage of setting up a Communication Arrangement, when you click "Save" an exception is raised and the error message appears "Activate Flexible Mode in the Extensibility Settings app first.".

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the application Communication Arrangements.
  2. Click the button 'New' to create a new Communication Arrangements and fill in the required fields.
  3. Click on 'Save'.
  4. The error message "Activate Flexible Mode in the Extensibility Settings app first." will appear.

Cause

The issue arises due to the 'Flexible Transport Mode' being toggled to 'OFF' in the Customizing tenant.

Resolution

  1. Access the Customizing Tenant of the Development system.
  2. Open the application 'Extensibility Settings'.
  3. Toggle the 'Flexible Transport Mode' to 'ON', the activation will then be set across the entire landscape.

See Also

Extensibility Settings | SAP Help Portal

Keywords

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, Communication Arrangement, Flexible Transport, Mode, Error, Extensibility Settings, Flexible Transport Mode. , KBA , BC-SRV-APS-EXT-SL , Manage and Import Software Collections , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions