Object cannot be created. The UID is not unique in this config - SmartPlant Foundation - IM Update 46 - Help - Hexagon

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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
SmartPlant Markup Plus Version
10.0 (2019)
Smart Review Version
2020 (15.0)

Problem

An error occurs when you try to extract tags using the Data Capture Content Discovery task or when you try to create tags using the Desktop Client, and the tags have similar names differentiated by spacing or an underscore. For example, you create the tag P 100 and the unique identifier FTG_PlantA_PlantA_P_100 is applied. Later, when you try to create a tag with the similar name P_100, which includes an underscore, the software displays the following error:

Object cannot be created. The UID is not unique in this config. UID=FTG_PlantA_PlantA_P_100 Config=PL_PlantA

Solution

The error occurs because SmartPlant Foundation creates a unique identifier by appending an underscore character to the tag name, and therefore will try to create the same unique id for tags P 100 and P_100. You can avoid this scenario by not creating tags with similar names only differentiated by spacing or underscores.