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Import Conflict Detection is a new feature available in Project Configurator v2.2.0 or higher. It is a report that shows, for a given import file, the objects in Jira that would be mapped during the import as counterparts of objects included in the new configuration. All mapped objects are shown, even if the new configuration does not imply changes to those objects. Usually when an object is mapped as the equivalent of another object coming with the import it is because both of them have the same name. In this sense, if this mapping produces undesired effects, it is usual to say that there is a "name conflict".
This is quite relevant for these reasons:
The Import Conflict Detection link is located in the same menu where you can export and import projects.
Clicking on that link opens a new page (see below), where the user can specify the import file to be analyzed for possible "name conflicts" with existing objects at the destination instance. It can work from "configuration only" XML files and "complete project" ZIP files.
In the conflict detection form, you have to select the type of project import file you want to analyse, using the drop-down list at the top. After selecting a file type, the rules for specifying the import file are the same as for importing:
{JIRA_HOME}/import/projectconfigurator
folder ("complete project.")You can also choose to ignore ("Do not load") some object types. This has the same meaning as in the case of importing configurations or complete projects, as explained in Selecting Import Options. Finally, click the "Conflicts detection for importing" button to launch generation of the report.
This displays first a page with a progress bar, to wait until the report is generated. Afterward, a new page appears with the contents of the conflict detection report. This report shows in its left side the list of objects that will be mapped as targets of objects included in the import file. The right column includes the option to show where those objects are being used. This follows the same rules and limitations as the Used by Report.
When a conflicting object appears in that list of "using" objects, you can click on that link and the page scrolls to its position.