How To Fix GHO_FC_CONV_FACT025 - Record with similar business key already exists

GHO_FC_CONV_FACT025 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: GHO_FC_CONV_FACT - Message class for Forecasting - Project Setup

• Message number: 025

• Message text: Record with similar business key already exists

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message GHO_FC_CONV_FACT025 - Record with similar business key already exists ?

  The SAP error message GHO_FC_CONV_FACT025 indicates that there is an attempt to insert a record into a database table where a record with the same business key already exists. This typically occurs in scenarios involving data loading or data transformation processes, such as during the execution of data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) jobs.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Records: The most common cause of this error is that the data being loaded contains duplicate records that share the same business key. The business key is a unique identifier for records in the context of the application.
  Data Integrity Issues: There may be issues with the source data that lead to duplicates being present, such as incorrect data preparation or transformation logic.
  Concurrency Issues: If multiple processes are trying to insert records simultaneously, it may lead to conflicts where one process tries to insert a record that another process has already inserted.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Identify Duplicates: Review the data being