3144609 - Your_Entity: POST failed for the row with key: . Reason: COE0018-This external code [AAABBB] already exists. Try another.. The row will not be processed for subsequent entities

When running an Integration center job to import data into SuccessFactors and checking the Event logs the following error appears:

Your_Entity: POST failed for the row with key: . Reason: COE0018-This external code [AAABBB] already exists. Try another.. The row will not be processed for subsequent entities

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• SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
  
  • Integration Center

1. Run your Integration center inbound job
2. Observe the error inside your Event logs

In the "Configure Fields" tab, the Operation "Create/Post" is selected:

For the inbound Integration center scenarios, we can suggest to make use of Upsert operations where new data can be created and old data can be updated if existing.

Try changing to operation = Upsert Multiple or Upsert Single. The mentioned issue of the title should be resolved.

To see one end to end sample creating custom MDF entity and using Integration center to upsert data using SF to SF integration (this will help your team understanding also how parent/child upserts works), please watch this video published over this blog post:

Inbound SAP SuccessFactors Integration Center integrations with custom MDF entities | SAP Blogs

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