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SupplierSitesOpenInterfaceImportErrorswithAddress/PartySitenamealreadyexists
fortheSupplier(DocID1611390.1)
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Symptoms
Cause
Solution
References

APPLIESTO:
OraclePayablesVersion12.0.1andlater
Informationinthisdocumentappliestoanyplatform.

SYMPTOMS
Whentryingtoimportsupplierssitereceivethefollowing:
Address/PartySitenamealreadyexistsfortheSupplier.Pleasereenterauniqueone.

CAUSE
Incaseofimportiftheparty_site_name/party_site_id/location_idarenotpassedwhencreatinganewaddress
vendor_site_codepassedisconsideredforparty_site_nameaswellandvalidationforuniqueaddress_nameisfired.
Whentryingtocheckforanexistingaddress,theAPIcomparesthefollowingaddresselementspassedforthenew
vendorsitetobecreatedtoalreadyexistinglocations(hz_locations)forthesupplier:
country
address_line1
address_line2
address_line3
address_line4
city
state
postal_code
province
address_style
Ifanexistnglocation/partysiteisfoundwithalltheaboveattributesmatching,thenthenewsiteisassociatedtothe
sameelsethesystemgoeswithcreatinganewlocation/partysite(address)havingthepartysitenamethesameas
vendor_site_codeinwhichcaseifanaddresswiththesamenameisexistngapiwouldthrowtheerror
'AP_DUP_PARTY_SITE_NAME'

SOLUTION
Pleasenotethatthereisadifferencebetweensitename(vendor_site_code)andaddressname(party_site_name).
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Vendor_site_codeneednotbeuniqueforasupplierbuthastobeuniqueforsupplier/operatingunitcombinationwhile
theaddressnameorparty_site_nameshouldbeuniqueforasupplier.
Incaseofimportiftheparty_site_name/party_site_id/location_idarenotpassedwhencreatinganewaddress
vendor_site_codepassedisconsideredforparty_site_nameaswellandvalidationforuniqueaddress_nameisfired.
Inthissituationiftherealreadyexistsanaddresswiththesamenameforthesupplierthenerrorwouldbefiredand
thisisanexpectedfunctionality.
Ifyouwanttoimportsitewiththesamevendor_site_codethenpasstheparty_site_id/party_site_nametotheaddress
whichthesiteshouldbelongto.
Elseifsitehastobecreatedundertheexistingaddress,thentheaddressattributeshavetomatchtotheaddress
attributesofexistingaddresswithsamename.
Elseadifferentsuppliersitenamehastobeused.

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REFERENCES
BUG:17794094ERRORINSUPPLIERSITEIMPORTWHENUSINGSAMEVENDORSITECODEFORDIFFORG
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