Can a parent numbered list and child numbered list have the same code?

CommunityMember118291
CommunityMember118291
in Integrations and extensibility

Hi All,


I have a parent hierarchy in numbered list.Both are uniquely identified by code. 

Parent List : Program

Child List : Project

 

So When I am importing into child list(Project), it is ignoring some of the records. After the analysis, I found that the records that are being ignored have their codes already present in parent list(Program). Is this the desired behavior?

 

And when i manual update the codes in the child list(Project) with the codes present in parent list(Program), it is getting updated.

 

Example

Program : 123,234,456,789 (List members)

Project: 111,235,345,789 (list members) (and code 789 being rejected as it is present in parent list but when manually updating a list member with the same code, it is getting updated.


So not sure, what is the desired behavior.

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  • nathan_rudman
    nathan_rudman
    I confirm this behavior.
    They should not share a code.
    Because when you import, as you tested, the parent is always there so it is mistaken.
    We can argue that it should be different but it's how it is.
  • Misbah
    Misbah

    @CommunityMember118291 

     

    Yes that is the desired behavior and it won't let you import same code twice

  • CommunityMember118291
    CommunityMember118291

    @Misbah @nathan_rudman 

     

    Isn't this a bug at Anaplan end that they are not allowing to update it during the import action but user can manually go and update the code?

     

    And would be great if someone can share what should be the best practice in such a situation.

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