3720567 - Error "An invalid handle 'RFC_CONNECTION_HANDLE' was passed to the API call\nCode: RFC_INVALID_HANDLE" in ABAP Connection - SAP Datasphere

This KBA applies to SAP Datasphere ABAP type connections to ABAP-based On-Premise systems via SAP Cloud Connector.

The following error occurs for feature data flow and replication flow when validating connection in SAP Datasphere.

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Connection <connection name> couldn’t be established. 

- Data flows can’t be used because of errors in the connection. 
- Replication flows can’t be used because of errors in the connection. 

Data Flows: Cause: ABAP connector(Axino) ABAP connection check FAILED: rfc connection broken: rc=1, msg="Message: An invalid handle 'RFC_CONNECTION_HANDLE' was passed to the API call\nCode: RFC_INVALID_HANDLE"

Replication Flows: Cause: ABAP connector(Axino) ABAP connection check FAILED: rfc connection broken: rc=1, msg="Message: An invalid handle 'RFC_CONNECTION_HANDLE' was passed to the API call\nCode: RFC_INVALID_HANDLE"

SAP Datasphere

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