SAP Connector - Error: "It is not allowed to rename or repackage the original archive" when using JCo and IDoc libraries version 3.1.12

To resolve this error, add the following maven-shade-plugin configuration to the Mule application pom.xml file. In the code below, replace the placeholders "sapjco3-group-id:sapjco3-artifact-id" and "sapidoc3-group-id:sapidoc3-artifact-id" with the the actual group and artifact IDs from your SAP dependencies

<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.1</version> <!-- use latest version -->
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<minimizeJar>false</minimizeJar>
<artifactSet>
<includes combine.children="append">
<include>sapjco3-group-id:sapjco3-artifact-id</include>
<include>sapidoc3-group-id:sapidco3-artifact-id</include>
</includes>
</artifactSet>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

An example SAP dependencies is as shown below.

<dependency>
<groupId>com.sap.conn.jco</groupId>
<artifactId>com.sap.conn.jco.sapjco3</artifactId>
<version>3.1.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sap.conn.idoc</groupId>
<artifactId>com.sap.conn.idoc.sapidoc3</artifactId>
<version>3.1.12</version>
</dependency>

Based on this, the full artifact coordinates to be placed under maven-shade-plugin is as below:

<include>com.sap.conn.jco:com.sap.conn.jco.sapjco3</include>
<include>com.sap.conn.idoc:com.sap.conn.idoc.sapidoc3</include>

Important Note: The shading plugin included in the pom.xml might increase the application size by nearly 2MB.