How To Fix /EACC/DR028 - A step already exists with internal name &1

/EACC/DR028 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /EACC/DR -

• Message number: 028

• Message text: A step already exists with internal name &1

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/EACC/DR028 - Details

• The SAP error message /EACC/DR028 A step already exists with internal name &1 typically occurs in the context of SAP Data Services or SAP Data Quality Management when there is an attempt to create a new step in a data flow or job that has the same internal name as an existing step. This can happen during the design phase of a data flow or when modifying an existing job.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Step Name: The most common cause of this error is that you are trying to create a new step (e.g., a transformation, data flow, or job step) with an internal name that already exists in the same context (e.g., within the same data flow or job).
  Copy-Paste Issues: If you have copied and pasted steps, the internal names may not have been updated automatically, leading to duplicates.
  Versioning Conflicts: If multiple users are working on the same job or data flow simultaneously,