How To Fix WS_TOOL099 - Caution: Function & has an inactive version

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS_TOOL - Message Class for Web Services and Virtual Endpoints

• Message number: 099

• Message text: Caution: Function & has an inactive version

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS_TOOL099 - Caution: Function & has an inactive version ?

  SAP Error Message:
  WS_TOOL099 Caution: Function & has an inactive version
  
  
  Cause:
  This message appears when you try to use or call a function module (or a function group) in SAP that currently has an inactive version in the system. In SAP, function modules can have active and inactive versions during development or transport processes. If the system detects that the function module you are trying to execute or reference is inactive, it issues this caution.
  Common scenarios causing this message:  
  
  The function module was recently changed and not activated.  
  The function module is part of a transport request that has not been fully imported or activated.  
  You are trying to call a function module that exists only in an inactive state in the current client or system.  
  The function group containing the function module is inactive.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Activate the Function Module:
  
  Go to transaction SE37 (Function Builder).
  Enter the function module name mentioned