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Last activity: 8 Apr 2022 15:09 EDT
I have problem in my instance 'Property name— This instance already exists'
Hi
I have problem in my instance, i try to add new field 'Request updates' and i get the following error
Pegasystems Inc.
FR
Maybe this property name has been used already. Have you double checked from Dev Studio? I guess it is anly with this specific name right?
What platform version is it?
Leidos
US
@MarcLasserre_GCS I have the same issue. I created a field that references a Data object, then I deleted the field from everywhere, but am unable to create the field again. It shows the error when trying to create it.
It's almost like there's a field lurking somewhere and you cannot recreate it again even if it's deleted.
Withyouwithme
AU
@ArvindM64 Have you figured out how to update/change field name with "error" stopping you?
Updated: 10 Jun 2021 8:00 EDT
Leidos
US
@JonC4910 Nope, I looked in the Dev studio as well and deleted any instance found. It still didn't work. I just wasted a few days trying to fix, nothing worked. Finally, I just wiped our the entire instance, created a new instance and started over. It was painful but worked. The lack of support and these things make me skeptical towards using Pega.
Ernst & Young
US
@ArvindM64 . So it has been a few months since you reported this issue. Looks like they may have fixed it now. I got the same error initially. In addition to deleting the field from the view, I went to the data model (next to workflow) and deleted the field from there as well. Then it worked and it allowed me to add a field with the same name (but with a different type) again.
Pegasystems Inc.
JP
I faced same issue but I could avoid the error deleting the data class by using Refactor tool and recreated them.