How To Fix ESH_OD_MSG024 - Boost already exists: &1

ESH_OD_MSG024 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: ESH_OD_MSG - ESH Search Service (oData)

• Message number: 024

• Message text: Boost already exists: &1

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ESH_OD_MSG024 - Details

• The SAP error message ESH_OD_MSG024 with the description "Boost already exists: &1" typically occurs in the context of the SAP Enterprise Search (SAP ESH) when you are trying to create or register a boost for a search object that already has a boost defined.
  
  Cause:
  The error indicates that you are attempting to create a boost configuration for a search object that already has an existing boost setting. In SAP ESH, boosts are used to influence the ranking of search results, and each search object can only have one boost configuration.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing Boosts: 
  
  Navigate to the relevant configuration area in SAP ESH where boosts are defined.
  Look for the search object mentioned in the error message (the &1 placeholder will be replaced with the actual name of the search object).
  Verify if a boost already exists for that search object.
  
  
  
  Modify or Delete Existing Boost:
  
  If a