The error is reported during SAP® synchronization. A conflict occurred while checking consistency rules.
Error message
Element <name of element> was skipped because the SAP project model contains multiple object occurrences with the same SAP ID.
Cause
You used an occurrence copy with a symbol that is included in the synchronization. The error does not occur if you are using SAP shadow functions or shortcuts.
SAP® items are identified by the SAP ID attribute. The SAP ID is unique in SAP® Solution Manager. It is automatically specified during synchronization of data in ARIS. If you create a definition copy of a synchronized object, it will have the same SAP ID. It will then no longer be possible to perform synchronization, since the SAP ID is not unique and the object to be synchronized is not found. Definition copies of previously synchronized items must not be used.
Therefore, in SAP® process models with a specified SAP ID, SAP functions with an identical SAP ID must occur only once. You can recognize these SAP functions by this symbol if you have not changed the method configuration:
Solution
Delete occurrence copy
Delete the occurrence copy and use the SAP function wizard to create an object that complies with the consistency rules.
If you enable the Open supporting dialog check box on the Solution manager options page, the assignment structure of new SAP functions is automatically specified consistently.
Use SAP shadow functions or shortcuts
If you are using occurrence copies of SAP functions, they are displayed with the SAP shadow function symbol by default:
The SAP shadow function symbol excludes the object from the synchronization process. This also affects related Process interface symbols used in process models.
Shortcuts can be used multiple times in a project. Shortcuts are ignored in test scenarios. Depending on the synchronization direction, they are either created in SAP® Solution Manager, in which case a new SAP ID is assigned, or they are deleted from ARIS.
Shortcuts are represented using these symbols in event-driven process chains and value-added chains:
You can use shortcuts only in the same project in which the linked object definition is managed. Both object definition and shortcut must be included in the synchronization set.
Note that the SAP® Solution Manager 7.2 does not support shortcuts.