Troubleshooting Tip: How to fix the Error '-651: Input value is invalid' when creating SD-WAN rules

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Description	This article describes how to fix the error code '-651: Input value is invalid' when creating an SD-WAN rule.
Scope	FortiGate v7.2, v7.4.
Solution	When creating a new SD-WAN rule, the user may encounter an error code with the message '-651: Input value is invalid'. On FortiOS v7.2.x and v7.6.x, the error will appear as shown below.  Creating the SD-WAN Rule in the CLI will give the following errors:  config system sdwan     config service         edit 1 new entry '1' added             set name "Test Rule" node_check_object fail! for name Test Rule value parse error before 'Test Rule' Command fail. Return code -651 The error is due to the space is not supported on the SD-WAN naming format. To fix the issue, remove the space between the words or add a '_' or '-' to separate the names.