How To Fix 3W651 - Caution: Duplicate policy number - to be ignored when delimiting records

3W651 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 3W - HR: Message Class South Africa

• Message number: 651

• Message text: Caution: Duplicate policy number - to be ignored when delimiting records

Each employee is given a unique policy number. The system generates
this message if you try to enter a policy number that already exists in
the system.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

3W651 - Details

• The SAP error message 3W651 indicates that there is a duplicate policy number in the data being processed, which is causing a cautionary warning. This message typically arises during data import or processing activities, particularly in the context of insurance or financial data where policy numbers are unique identifiers.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Duplicate Policy Numbers: The primary cause of this error is the presence of multiple records with the same policy number in the dataset being processed. This can occur due to:
  
  Data entry errors.
  Issues during data extraction or transformation processes.
  Merging of datasets without proper deduplication.
  
  
  
  Data Delimiting Process: The error occurs during the delimiting of records, which means that the system is trying to separate or categorize records based on certain criteria (in this case, policy numbers) and finds duplicates.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Identify Duplicates: 
  
  Review the dataset to identify the records with duplicate policy numbers. This can often be done using data analysis tools or SQL queries to