Error: "Errors located: WBS Name: Unique constraint (Parent,Project ID,WBS Name) violated. The value $WBSNAME of the field WBS Name already exists" When Running Update Baseline
(Doc ID 913387.1)
Last updated on JULY 14, 2021
Applies to:
Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management - Version 15.1.0.0 and laterAll Platforms
Symptoms
When attempting to run update baseline against a project after making a change to an existing WBS Code value, the update baseline job fails and the following error is reported in the Update Baseline log file:
ERROR
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SEVERE ----- Errors located: WBS Name: Unique constraint (Parent,Project ID,WBS Name) violated. The value $WBSNAME of the field WBS Name already exists
STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
- Login to P6 Professional
- Create a new project
- Create a WBS Element in the project
- Add an activity to the WBS element
- Select Project, Maintain Baseline
- Select Add, Save a copy of the current project as a new baseline, OK
- Select Close to the Maintain Baseline window
- Change the name of the WBS Code
- Select Project, Maintain Baseline
- Highlight the baseline and select Update
- Select the following options:
- Add new activities and activity data (except actuals)
- Run Optimized
- Note, it likely will not matter which options are selected on this page
- Select Update
- Note the job failure and the error in the log file
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