Combined Upgrade and Unicode conversion question

Hello Everyone,
I will be performing combined Upgrade and Unicode conversion soon. Currently i have run Prepare and do not have any errors.
I have already run SPUMG consistency check and i do not have any errors there. Since this is Combined Upgrade and unicode conversion according to guide i do not need to do the Nametab conversion right now. But now if i go this place:
SPUMG -> Status -> Additional Information , i see a status with red for Unicode nametabs are not consistent or not up-to-date.
Please let me know if i can ignore this step and do the nametab conversion after upgrade is complete and before unicode conversion.
Thanks,
FBK

Please follow the instructions from the guides.
The Unicode nametabs will be generated automatically during the upgrade.
An additional check is integrated into the final preparation steps in the target releases.
Regards,
Ronald

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Function Module "DOCUMENT_REGISTRY_PROGRAM"not found in the target system     Suggest to replace this FM with the function module CV120_GET_APPL_FROM_REGISTRY.
Function Module "RP_HIRE+FIRE"not found in the target system     Suggest to replace this FM with the function module RP_HIRE_FIRE .
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Function Module "ME_READ_ITEM_SINGLE" not found in the target system     Suggest to replace this FM with the function module ME_EKPO_SINGLE_READ.
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