Symptoms

Error Deploying Package

"39920084","2015-08-10 20:18:38","Error","SmartObjects","10521","GeneralError","SourceCode.SmartObjects.Runtime.SmartObjectManagementServer DeploySmartObject Name: FinOps_RGProcess_OrderForm_PDF]","10521 SmartObject Runtime.Management General Error: 'Dependency could not be created: System.Exception: Dependency could not be created. Parent does not exist in this environment. Check Data property
 

Diagnoses

We found that the particular smartobject had somehow been configured with a dependency on itself, requiring the smartobject to exist already before the smartobject could be deployed.
 

Resolution

We recreated the smartobject in question, and the issue was resolved with the new one.