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3391093 - Error "Combination of Sales Org XXXXX and Distribution Channel YY Already Exists" 

Symptom

When you are trying to add the new service in data migration then system displays the below error

Combination of Sales Org XXXXX and Distribution Channel YY Already Exists (XXXXX refers to Sales Organization ID and YY refers to Distribution Channel)

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center
  2. Go to Implementation Projects view or Overview
  3. Search and open the migration activity "Migration of Services"
  4. Select the source file and process
  5. Choose on Execute Migration step by step
  6. At Simulate Import stage you will see the below error

Result:  

"Combination of Sales Org. XXXX and distribution channel YY already exists" 

Cause

Possible reason for the issue is:

  • Inconsistent value mapping in task value conversion step of the migration.
  • In the task to map Sales Organization ID, the target value is being mapped for different source values. 

Resolution

To map the values to a unique target value, follow the below steps:

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center
  2. Go to Implementation Projects view or Overview
  3. Search and open the migration activity "Migration of Services"
  4. Select the source file and process
  5. Select Execute Migration step by step
  6. Value conversion step in migration is to Convert Values.

The importance of this step is that it will map all the Source Values in the template to the Target Value in the system.

In order to change the value in value conversion step. please follow the below steps

  1. Select the Sales Organization ID task.
  2. Select Target Value.
  3. Press F4.
  4. Once you select F4 help you will get the list of values which can be mapped to unique target value, and you can select and save it.

Keywords

Migration of services, Sales Organization, ID, Sales, migration activity, Distribution Channel , KBA , SRD-CC-MIG-CNT , Migration: Content , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions