INCL_ERR_SAP-GATEWAY_242 is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.
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Gateway/CPIC error 242 (Gateway timeout)
The specified service could not be reached.
Depending on the type of connection, you should check the following:
Connection to an SAP system:
1. Is the specified target system active?
Try logging on directly to this system.
2. Is the system number correct?
The two digit number ## specified in an RFC connection is transformed
into the TCP/IP service sapdp##.
This number must match the system number in the profile of the target
system.
3. Is the host name correct?
4. Is the host name known to the computer making the call, and is the
IP address connected to it correct?
Connection to an external program:
1. Is the path name of the program in the destination correct? Make
your path names as explicit as possible.
2. If the program is to be executed on another computer, does the SAP
application server have authorisation to start this program?
Log on to the computer to be called as an administrator for the calling
SAP application server and try to call the program from there using
'remote shell' (rsh, remsh).
3. Does the program terminate before a connection to the SAP Gateway
can be established?
Instead of the program to be called, install an executable script in
its place that calls the actual program with all the passed command
line parameters and redirects to a file using 'stdout' and 'stderr'.
Is this file opened (change date)?
Does it contain any error messages?