diff --git a/main/lib/idds/core/requests.py b/main/lib/idds/core/requests.py
index b96068ad..71f865f8 100644
--- a/main/lib/idds/core/requests.py
+++ b/main/lib/idds/core/requests.py
@@ -327,7 +327,11 @@ def update_request_with_transforms(request_id, parameters,
 
             work = tf['transform_metadata']['work']
             tf_copy = copy.deepcopy(tf)
-            tf_id = orm_transforms.add_transform(**tf_copy, session=session)
+            ret_tf = orm_transforms.get_transform_by_name(request_id=request_id, name=tf['name'], session=session)
+            if ret_tf is None:
+                tf_id = orm_transforms.add_transform(**tf_copy, session=session)
+            else:
+                tf_id = ret_tf['transform_id']
             tf['transform_id'] = tf_id
 
             # work = tf['transform_metadata']['work']
diff --git a/main/lib/idds/orm/transforms.py b/main/lib/idds/orm/transforms.py
index 43cccd7b..19c1ab70 100644
--- a/main/lib/idds/orm/transforms.py
+++ b/main/lib/idds/orm/transforms.py
@@ -245,6 +245,35 @@ def get_transform_by_id_status(transform_id, status=None, locking=False, session
         raise exceptions.NoObject('transform transform_id: %s cannot be found: %s' % (transform_id, error))
 
 
+@read_session
+def get_transform_by_name(request_id, name, session=None):
+    """
+    Get a transform or raise a NoObject exception.
+
+    :param request_id: The request id.
+    :param name: transform name.
+    :param locking: the locking status.
+
+    :param session: The database session in use.
+
+    :raises NoObject: If no request is founded.
+
+    :returns: Transform.
+    """
+
+    try:
+        query = select(models.Transform).where(models.Transform.request_id == request_id)
+        query = query.where(models.Transform.name == name)
+
+        ret = session.execute(query).fetchone()
+        if not ret:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return ret[0].to_dict()
+    except sqlalchemy.orm.exc.NoResultFound as error:
+        raise exceptions.NoObject(f'transform (request_id: {request_id}, name: {name}) cannot be found: {error}')
+
+
 @read_session
 def get_transforms_with_input_collection(transform_type, transform_tag, coll_scope, coll_name, to_json=False, session=None):
     """