How To Fix /IWFND/CM_MGW021 - ICF-Service '&1' disabled

/IWFND/CM_MGW021 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /IWFND/CM_MGW -

• Message number: 021

• Message text: ICF-Service '&1' disabled

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/IWFND/CM_MGW021 - Details

• The SAP error message /IWFND/CM_MGW021 ICF-Service '&1' disabled indicates that the ICF (Internet Communication Framework) service required for the OData service is disabled. This can prevent the OData service from being accessed, leading to issues when trying to consume the service.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the ICF service associated with the OData service is not activated. This can happen for several reasons:
  
  The service was never activated.
  The service was deactivated manually by an administrator.
  The service is part of a transport that has not been imported or activated in the target system.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this issue, you need to activate the ICF service. Here are the steps to do that:
  
  
  Access the ICF Service Maintenance:
  
  Go to transaction code SICF in the SAP GUI.
  
  
  
  Locate the Service:
  
  In the ICF tree structure, navigate to the path where the service is located. For OData services, it is usually under the path /sap/opu/odata/.
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