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Import (managed) solution failed because "Attribute is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

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Posted on 7 Mar 2024 11:58:45 by 37

Hello everybody,

I had to change the dataype of a field from Picklist to MultiSelectPicklist. I did so on the development environment, exported the solution as a managed solution. When trying to import it into the managed Test system the import fails with the  error message ."Attribute <fieldname> is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

 

How can I import a solution with modified type specifications? I tried update ("replaces your older solution with this one" - I expect this to work for modifications of datatypes ) and  and upgrade and both failed. 

 

Is there a way to get the modification transferred to the managed solution?

 

on development system from where the export is done:

CPro2_0-1709812409929.png

 

on test system

CPro2_1-1709812602710.png

This should be replaced.

 

Any hint/help would be very much appreciated.

Kind regards

 

  • LA-24070629-0 Profile Picture
    on 02 Jul 2024 at 06:32:05
    Re: Import (managed) solution failed because "Attribute is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

    Worked! A simple thing as that, thank you.

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    Shashank Bhide Profile Picture
    936 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 12 Mar 2024 at 11:43:06
    Re: Import (managed) solution failed because "Attribute is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

    Awesome!!, that's the way to go ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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    Cpro Profile Picture
    37 on 12 Mar 2024 at 08:00:47
    Re: Import (managed) solution failed because "Attribute is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

    Thanks  @AhmedSalih, @shashankbhide

     

    In the end, I removed the multiselectpicklist fields from the source solution, exported it. When importing to the destination environment (managed solution) I used the upgrade option. By this the picklist fields could be removed from the destination environment.

    Then I added the multiselectpicklist fields again to the source solution, exported this again and imported it using option update to the destination environment.

    That's what finally did the job.

     

    Kind regards

  • Shashank Bhide Profile Picture
    936 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 07 Mar 2024 at 13:02:34
    Re: Import (managed) solution failed because "Attribute is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

    Yes, I guess it's by design, not an easy solution AFAIK, I'd create a new field altogether and eventually delete the previous one using managed import from the targe.

  • AhmedSalih Profile Picture
    6,678 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 07 Mar 2024 at 12:29:12
    Re: Import (managed) solution failed because "Attribute is a Picklist, but a MultiSelectPicklist type was specified."

    Hello, @CPro2, have you tried to delete the solution from the testing environment, and re-import it as a new managed solution?

     


     

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