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Activation of BPF throwing error - An attribute with the specified name already exists

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Posted on by Arun Vinoth 11,615 Moderator

We recently refreshed Prod to Dev/QA. Developed a brand new BPF & deployed to QA, the BPF was not showing on the form. So deactivated the BPF & tried to activate it again in QA. Then it started throwing this error:

Duplicate Field Name

A field with this name already exists. Please enter a different unique name. If you contact support, please provide the technical details.

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Unhandled exception: 
Exception type: System.ServiceModel.FaultException`1[Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.OrganizationServiceFault]
Message: System.Web.HttpUnhandledException (0x80004005): Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. ---> Microsoft.Crm.CrmException: An attribute with the specified name already exists
   at Microsoft.Crm.Dialogs.ActivateDialogPage.ConfigureForm()
   at Microsoft.Crm.Application.Controls.AppUIPage.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Application.Controls.AppPage.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
   at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStepImpl(IExecutionStep step)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously): Microsoft Dynamics CRM has experienced an error. Reference number for administrators or support: #87FE6398Detail: 
<OrganizationServiceFault xmlns:i="">www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="">schemas.microsoft.com/.../Contracts">
  <ActivityId>f77551f3-e133-48b1-a271-310baa514e4a</ActivityId>
  <ErrorCode>-2147220970</ErrorCode>
  <ErrorDetails xmlns:d2p1="">schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.Collections.Generic" />
  <HelpLink i:nil="true" />
  <Message>System.Web.HttpUnhandledException (0x80004005): Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. ---&gt; Microsoft.Crm.CrmException: An attribute with the specified name already exists
   at Microsoft.Crm.Dialogs.ActivateDialogPage.ConfigureForm()
   at Microsoft.Crm.Application.Controls.AppUIPage.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
   at Microsoft.Crm.Application.Controls.AppPage.OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
   at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal()
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStepImpl(IExecutionStep step)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean&amp; completedSynchronously): Microsoft Dynamics CRM has experienced an error. Reference number for administrators or support: #87FE6398</Message>
  <Timestamp>2019-09-11T12:55:28.4278413Z</Timestamp>
  <ExceptionRetriable>false</ExceptionRetriable>
  <ExceptionSource i:nil="true" />
  <InnerFault>
    <ActivityId>f77551f3-e133-48b1-a271-310baa514e4a</ActivityId>
    <ErrorCode>-2147192813</ErrorCode>
    <ErrorDetails xmlns:d3p1="">schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.Collections.Generic" />
    <HelpLink i:nil="true" />
    <Message>An attribute with the specified name already exists</Message>
    <Timestamp>2019-09-11T12:55:28.4278413Z</Timestamp>
    <ExceptionRetriable>false</ExceptionRetriable>
    <ExceptionSource i:nil="true" />
    <InnerFault i:nil="true" />
    <OriginalException i:nil="true" />
    <TraceText i:nil="true" />
  </InnerFault>
  <OriginalException i:nil="true" />
  <TraceText i:nil="true" />
</OrganizationServiceFault>

I made sure there are no duplicate fields (even display name), able to deactivate/activate in Dev environment without issues.

Anyone faced this issue in the past?

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    NODAL Profile Picture
    NODAL 860 on at

    Hi Arun, 

    Not so sure but you can try following method. 

    Open BPF editor. 

    open browser developer tools preferably chrome. 

    Try activating bpf. 

    Check network tab in dev tools. 

    Some api call might(soap) get failed and can give you more relavant error message in response. 

    Regards, 

    Ketan

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    Arun Vinoth 11,615 Moderator on at

    Brilliant!

    I checked those chrome toolbar earlier but overlooked the "parameters" which is actually kinda inner exception gives more detailed information about the exception. This time I didn't miss it. Thank you for reminding me :)

    Column names in each table must be unique. Column name 'stageid' in table 'iis_projectinspectionsBase' is specified more than once.

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    After your hint, I got the next help from this thread - [View:https://community.dynamics.com/365/f/dynamics-365-general-forum/315288/sql-error-column-names-in-each-table-must-be-unique/913951:750:50]

    But still not working for me. Awaiting screen share session with MS support. Lets see.

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    Arun Vinoth 11,615 Moderator on at

    It was a MS bug again. Somehow stageid & traversedpath attributes got created but missing processid attribute is the background of this issue (atleast for me).

    MS support & Dev team worked together & applied mitigation settings in our environments to enable/activate BPF.  Its fixed now.

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    Community member 10 on at

    In working through a Microsoft ticket for this error:

    If your error occurs while modifying the out of the box business process flow, try doing a "Save As" to create a new business process flow.  Now it will Activate.

    If this works, also make sure to update the Process Order so your new process is at the top of the list.

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