Import Customizations Error

Hi All,
I tried to import Customizations but I got an error as following: "This
attribute map is invalid. The selected attributes should be of the same type.
The length of the source attribute and the formats should match. The targe
attribute should not be used in another mapping". Therefore, my import
wasn't get through.

Anyone has any ideas, please let me know and I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

RichardRiddle
Thu Dec 20 15:03:00 CST 2007

That error indicates a relationship map you are creating in your import file
is not valid for one of several reasons:

1. You are trying to map a field of one type to a different type, e.g. a
lookup field to an nvarchar field.
2. You are trying to map a long field to a short field, e.g. 160 characters
long to 100 characters long.
3. You are mapping two fields on one record to one field on another record

If you can't find the offending relationship in your customization file, try
creating the relationships manually and see which one gives the same error.
--
Richard Riddle
CRM Developer
Autonomix


"Toi Day" wrote:

> Hi All,
> I tried to import Customizations but I got an error as following: "This
> attribute map is invalid. The selected attributes should be of the same type.
> The length of the source attribute and the formats should match. The targe
> attribute should not be used in another mapping". Therefore, my import
> wasn't get through.
>
> Anyone has any ideas, please let me know and I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks

crmdeveloper
Fri Dec 21 07:21:02 CST 2007

Tracing might help you in finding the invalid mapping.

"Richard Riddle" wrote:

> That error indicates a relationship map you are creating in your import file
> is not valid for one of several reasons:
>
> 1. You are trying to map a field of one type to a different type, e.g. a
> lookup field to an nvarchar field.
> 2. You are trying to map a long field to a short field, e.g. 160 characters
> long to 100 characters long.
> 3. You are mapping two fields on one record to one field on another record
>
> If you can't find the offending relationship in your customization file, try
> creating the relationships manually and see which one gives the same error.
> --
> Richard Riddle
> CRM Developer
> Autonomix
>
>
> "Toi Day" wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I tried to import Customizations but I got an error as following: "This
> > attribute map is invalid. The selected attributes should be of the same type.
> > The length of the source attribute and the formats should match. The targe
> > attribute should not be used in another mapping". Therefore, my import
> > wasn't get through.
> >
> > Anyone has any ideas, please let me know and I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks

msnews
Fri Jan 04 00:26:37 CST 2008

Was your current deployment, per chance, an upgrade from CRM 1.2?

I had the same problem.

In Customizations / Account Take a look at the relationships / mapping for
Lead / Account / Referential / Originating Lead

mobilephone to address2_telephone3

I don't remember doing this mapping myself, so I thought it was inherent to
the CRM 1.2, which was upgraded to CRM 3.0; at which point I had some
difficulty importing customizations because of this. If it's not this
exactly, then, you will most likely need some tool (like tracing, as
mentioned) that will help identify the offending mapping.

HTH,

Boolean1

"Toi Day" <ToiDay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:765204A6-95B3-4471-A3FC-220E8B68DBE1@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
> I tried to import Customizations but I got an error as following: "This
> attribute map is invalid. The selected attributes should be of the same
> type.
> The length of the source attribute and the formats should match. The targe
> attribute should not be used in another mapping". Therefore, my import
> wasn't get through.
>
> Anyone has any ideas, please let me know and I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks