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Tech Tip: “Impossible to import structure” error
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 19 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: May 8, 2023

When developing a project with Git, an error may be encountered that states “Impossible to import the structure. The xml structure elements definition is probably damaged”:



This error may be due to Git merge conflicts being resolved incorrectly in the catalog.4DCatalog file, which contains information about the structure definition. For instance, if manual edits were made to resolve the merge conflicts in the file, it is possible that a syntax error was produced in the process, ruining the XML structure and resulting in the error. Possible solutions include reviewing the catalog.4DCatalog file in a text editor to fix any errors, or using Git to rollback the file to a previous version when the errors did not exist.