Import Customization Error: Customization Import failed. Error: Entity with id already has the label Violation for column LocalizedName and language 1033 – update entity with id cannot have the same label

Hi got the following error while importing a customization file in CRM 4.

Customization Import failed. Error: Entity with id 02fe2413-00fb-44a9-a604-113c5134589d already has the label Violation for column LocalizedName and language 1033 – update entity with id 8e5456bf-38c1-4252-98fb-0637b9693940 cannot have the same label

It was referring to the custom entity name Violation.

The solution for this is to either change the display name of the already existing entity or the entity being imported.

I changed the display name of the existing entity to ViolationG.

I tried importing the entity again, however this time I got the below error

Customization Import failed. Error: Entity with id 02fe2413-00fb-44a9-a604-113c5134589d already has the label Violations for column LocalizedCollectionName and language 1033 – update entity with id 689586d1-d773-485a-90cf-a62ff54fff18 cannot have the same label

Here Violations was the plural name of the entity. I changed the plural name of the existing custom entity.

Tried importing the file again, and this time it succeeded without any error.

Check out this wonderful post àhttp://mscrm4kb.blogspot.com/2009/11/customization-issue.html

Hope it helps!