General conditions for import failure

Importing an XML file into a Metrics Management database fails if any of the following conditions are true:

Missing object name

An object has no name.

Duplicate object name

An object name already exists.

Invalid property name

An object property has an invalid name.

Invalid property value

An object property has an invalid value.

Object references an object that does not exist

An import only fails when the BreakImportOnInvalidReferences attribute is set to True.

Inconsistent use of upper‑ and lowercase names

Attribute names are case‑sensitive.

XML imports do not fail if an object property is missing. In this case, the default value for the property appears in the imported object.