NowSDK Metadata Conflicts

[UIB Whisperer]

Hi community,

Hope you're all doing fine. After upgrading to the NowSDK v4.0.0 release, I've been getting weird WARN messages when running the transform command in a NowSDK app developed locally in my computer. It looks like it's getting confused as to which version of several records should take precence.

I tried in a sandbox branch deleting all metadata records, the Key file but no luck in getting this resolved.

[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_ui_policy_action_2167cbebebf106507daff603dad0cd93" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_ui_policy_action_2167cbebebf106507daff603dad0cd93.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_ui_policy_action_2167cbebebf106507daff603dad0cd93.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_ui_policy_25b6c7ebebf106507daff603dad0cd46" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_ui_policy_25b6c7ebebf106507daff603dad0cd46.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_ui_policy_25b6c7ebebf106507daff603dad0cd46.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_ui_policy_127a3ea6eb369a907daff603dad0cdb2" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_ui_policy_127a3ea6eb369a907daff603dad0cdb2.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_ui_policy_127a3ea6eb369a907daff603dad0cdb2.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_data_policy_rule_ac74788febedd2907daff603dad0cd84" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy_rule_ac74788febedd2907daff603dad0cd84.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy_rule_ac74788febedd2907daff603dad0cd84.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_data_policy_rule_9c84f88febedd2907daff603dad0cd1e" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy_rule_9c84f88febedd2907daff603dad0cd1e.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy_rule_9c84f88febedd2907daff603dad0cd1e.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_data_policy_rule_2064f48febedd2907daff603dad0cdec" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy_rule_2064f48febedd2907daff603dad0cdec.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy_rule_2064f48febedd2907daff603dad0cdec.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_data_policy2_ae44b48febedd2907daff603dad0cd0d" is defined 2 times in the project:
1. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy2_ae44b48febedd2907daff603dad0cd0d.now.ts:3
2. src/fluent/client/ui_policy/sys_data_policy2_ae44b48febedd2907daff603dad0cd0d.now.ts:3
[now-sdk] WARN: Total of 1015 conflicts found. The last entry from each conflict will take precedence.
[now-sdk] Transform completed successfully

Thanks in advance,

- Martin 

[M Iftikhar]

Hi @UIB Whisperer ,

This warning happens because after upgrading to NowSDK v4.0.0, your local project still has old metadata files, so the same records are defined twice.

You can fix it by cleaning the old files and pulling fresh metadata. Please try these steps:

1. Back up any local edits in src/fluent if you have them.

   mv src/fluent src/fluent_backup

2. Delete old generated files and caches

   rm -rf src/fluent
   rm -rf .now
   rm -rf node_modules/.cache

3. Pull a fresh copy of metadata

   now-sdk pull

4. Run the transform again

   now-sdk transform

After this, the duplicate record warnings should be gone. If you had manual edits in src/fluent, merge them back from your backup.

Here is the visualize way that u can understand

Thanks & Regards,
Muhammad Iftikhar

If my response helped, please mark it as the accepted solution so others can benefit as well.

[BryceG]

Can I see a sample of one of those now.ts files with the errors?  Typically you get this when re-using a Now.ID on two different records.

[eemelikoli]

I have the same warnings appearing, here is an example from one of my now.ts files that triggers a warning during build and transforms.

[now-sdk] WARN: Record "sys_embedded_help_role_714c5f0487b14510e9a8cb7f8bbb3525" is defined 2 times in the project:
    1. src/fluent/generated/sys_embedded_help_role_714c5f0487b14510e9a8cb7f8bbb3525.now.ts:3
    2. src/fluent/generated/sys_embedded_help_role_714c5f0487b14510e9a8cb7f8bbb3525.now.ts:3

import { Record } from '@servicenow/sdk/core'

export default Record({
    $id: '714c5f0487b14510e9a8cb7f8bbb3525',
    table: 'sys_embedded_help_role',
    data: {
        order: 1000,
        role: '36bbd70487b14510e9a8cb7f8bbb3544',
        sys_name: '36bbd70487b14510e9a8cb7f8bbb3544',
    },
})