How To Fix SADL_GW_EXPOSURE016 - Action Exposure: Action &1 has invalid exporting multiplicity

SADL_GW_EXPOSURE016 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SADL_GW_EXPOSURE - SADL Gateway Exposure

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Action Exposure: Action &1 has invalid exporting multiplicity

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SADL_GW_EXPOSURE016 - Details

• The SAP error message SADL_GW_EXPOSURE016 indicates that there is an issue with the exporting multiplicity of an action in the context of the SAP Gateway and the Service Data Object (SDO) layer. This error typically arises when the action defined in the service has an invalid multiplicity setting, which means that the number of expected outputs does not match the defined parameters.
  
  Cause:
  
  Invalid Multiplicity Definition: The action defined in the OData service has an incorrect multiplicity setting. For example, if the action is expected to return a single value but is defined to return multiple values (or vice versa), this mismatch will trigger the error.
  Model 
  Configuration Issues: There may be issues in the underlying data model or service definition that lead to inconsistencies in how actions are defined and expected to behave.
  Service Metadata Issues: The service metadata might not be correctly reflecting the action's definition, leading to discrepancies in how the