How To Fix CMS_CAG016 - Collateral agreement portion ID &1 already exists; enter a unique ID

CMS_CAG016 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: CMS_CAG - Message Class for Collateral Agreement

• Message number: 016

• Message text: Collateral agreement portion ID &1 already exists; enter a unique ID

What causes this issue?

The identification assigned to the collateral agreement portion is
already assigned to an existing collateral agreement portion. You must
specify unique identification numbers for portions of a collateral
agreement.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message CMS_CAG016 - Collateral agreement portion ID &1 already exists; enter a unique ID ?

  The SAP error message CMS_CAG016 indicates that there is an attempt to create or modify a collateral agreement portion with an ID that already exists in the system. This error typically arises in the context of managing collateral agreements within the SAP system, particularly in the Financial Services sector.
  
  Cause:
  The error occurs when:
  
  You are trying to create a new collateral agreement portion and the ID you are using is already assigned to another portion in the system.
  There may be a duplicate entry in the database, or the ID was not properly released after a previous transaction.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing IDs: 
  
  Verify the list of existing collateral agreement portion IDs in the system. You can do this by navigating to the relevant transaction or report that lists collateral agreements.
  Ensure that the ID you are trying to use is not already in use.
  
  
  
  Use a Unique ID:
  
  If