Error message when you try to import data that involves a picklist attribute in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: "Transform parse data"

When you try to import data that involves a picklist attribute that has more than 100 optional values in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, you receive the following error message:

This problem is fixed in the latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

To work around this problem, you must manually increase the ImportPickListBatchSize column to a number that is large enough to accommodate your picklist. For examle, you can use the following code to manually increase the ImportPickListBatchSize column:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about the terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: