How To Fix WD065 - Source and target nodes must be different

WD065 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WD - Workflow definition

• Message number: 065

• Message text: Source and target nodes must be different

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  SAP Error Message: WD065 - "Source and target nodes must be different"
  
  
  Cause:
  This error occurs in Web Dynpro ABAP applications when you try to create a navigation link or perform a navigation action where the source node and the target node are the same. In other words, the framework expects that the navigation should happen between two different nodes in the component controller or context, but the source and target nodes specified are identical.
  This typically happens in scenarios such as:
  
  Defining navigation links in the context mapping where the source and target nodes are mistakenly set to the same node.
  In component usage or component controller context mapping, when the developer tries to map a node to itself.
  When performing navigation programmatically and the source and target nodes are not