How To Fix /AIF/S4HANA016 - Consumer Type & 1 for SCP WF Service Integration was not activated

/AIF/S4HANA016 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /AIF/S4HANA -

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Consumer Type & 1 for SCP WF Service Integration was not activated

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message /AIF/S4HANA016 - Consumer Type & 1 for SCP WF Service Integration was not activated ?

  The SAP error message /AIF/S4HANA016 Consumer Type & 1 for SCP WF Service Integration was not activated typically indicates that a specific consumer type for the SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) Workflow service integration has not been activated in your SAP S/4HANA system. This can occur when the necessary configuration or activation steps have not been completed.
  
  Cause:
  
  Consumer Type Not Activated: The specific consumer type for the SCP Workflow service integration has not been activated in the system.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be missing or incorrect configurations related to the integration between SAP S/4HANA and SCP.
  Authorization Issues: The user or service account may not have the necessary authorizations to access or activate the consumer type.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Activate the Consumer Type:
  
  Go to the SAP S/4HANA system.
  Navigate to the transaction code AIF (Application Interface Framework).
  Check the configuration for the consumer types and ensure that the required consumer type for