Introduction

This guide aims to help troubleshoot any issues relating to the following error:

N components already exist in the system. 
These components have UUIDs already in use by other components in the system. 
Please, generate a new unique identifier for these components:
'component_name' - 'UUID',
'component_name' - 'UUID'

UUID - Universal Unique Identifier

Steps to fix

1. Open the project XML inside any text editor of your choice. This may be an IDE such as Visual Studio or a simple notepad application. All we need to tackle this error is a way to open the XML file, search for uuid's and edit them. In this example I will be using Notepad++.
2. Copy the uuid shown in the error code thrown in the UI.
3. Search for these uuid one by one in the XML file.
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4. Replace this UUID with a new, unique UUID. Make sure to keep the UUID length the same.
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   • notice I have changed the last digits of the uuid to make it different, but I have also retained the same 32 digit uuid format.
5. Perform these steps for all of the components listed in the error code.
6. Save the progress to the XML.
7. Re-attempt import, which should be successful provided there are no other errors associated with the XML file.