How To Fix USMD_CONV_SOM_GOV010 - Change request creation not possible as change request &1 already exists

USMD_CONV_SOM_GOV010 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: USMD_CONV_SOM_GOV - Messages from the Convenience API

• Message number: 010

• Message text: Change request creation not possible as change request &1 already exists

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USMD_CONV_SOM_GOV010 - Details

• The SAP error message USMD_CONV_SOM_GOV010 indicates that a change request cannot be created because a change request with the same identifier (denoted as &1) already exists in the system. This typically occurs in the context of SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) when trying to create a new change request for a master data object.
  
  Cause:
  
  Duplicate Change Request: The most common cause of this error is that a change request with the same identifier is already in the system. This can happen if:
  A user is attempting to create a change request that has already been initiated.
  There is a system error or a transaction that did not complete properly, leaving a change request in an incomplete state.
  Multiple users are trying to create change requests for the same object simultaneously.
  
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing Change Requests:
  
  Use transaction codes like MDG_MAT (for material) or MDG_BP (for business partner) to