Determination of the equipment to be removed automatically not successful

What causes this issue?

You want to create/update a piece of equipment and install it into the
specified installation location, which already exists in the backend
system with simultaneus removal of the existing equipment.
Possible causes of the problem are:
System does not have sufficient data to determine equipment to be
removed automatically
There is no equipment installed in the installation location to be
removed automatically

System Response

System raises a warning message during the consistency check for the
affected entry informing the user that the data needed for the
identification of the equipment to be removed automatically is not
sufficient.

How to fix this error?

On the Preparation and Generation tab page, check if the field FID has
an entry. If not, enter the FID for the equipment you want to
create/update.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

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