The error is reported during SAP® synchronization. A conflict occurred while checking consistency rules.
Error message
Element <name of element> was skipped because an object definition with the same SAP ID already exists.
Cause
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:
- An object definition already exists in the database with an SAP ID that is also assigned to the new item to be created. The SAP ID is therefore no longer unique. For this reason, the item cannot be created. The definition with the identical SAP ID cannot be reused, since it is impossible to check whether the current use corresponds to that in the synchronization model.
- A function symbol type used may have been inadvertently removed from the current method filter.
Solution
Reuse definition
If the definition can be reused for the synchronization, place an occurrence of it in the corresponding model. To find the model, search using the SAP ID attribute.
Delete SAP ID
If you do not want to use the existing definition, delete the attribute value of the SAP ID attribute type of the object definition to be reused and, if required, in the assigned model.