diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/RuleChainController.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/RuleChainController.java
index a71fb70e0a..2fcd36f95b 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/RuleChainController.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/controller/RuleChainController.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
-import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
@@ -450,15 +449,17 @@ public class RuleChainController extends BaseController {
     @PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('TENANT_ADMIN')")
     @RequestMapping(value = "/ruleChains/import", method = RequestMethod.POST)
     @ResponseBody
-    public void importRuleChains(@RequestBody RuleChainData ruleChainData, @RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "false") boolean overwrite) throws ThingsboardException {
+    public List<RuleChainImportResult> importRuleChains(@RequestBody RuleChainData ruleChainData, @RequestParam(required = false, defaultValue = "false") boolean overwrite) throws ThingsboardException {
         try {
             TenantId tenantId = getCurrentUser().getTenantId();
-            List<RuleChainImportResult> importResults = ruleChainService.importTenantRuleChains(tenantId, ruleChainData, RuleChainType.CORE, overwrite);
-            if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(importResults)) {
-                for (RuleChainImportResult importResult : importResults) {
-                    tbClusterService.broadcastEntityStateChangeEvent(importResult.getTenantId(), importResult.getRuleChainId(), importResult.getLifecycleEvent());
+            List<RuleChainImportResult> importResults = ruleChainService.importTenantRuleChains(tenantId, ruleChainData, overwrite);
+            for (RuleChainImportResult importResult : importResults) {
+                if (importResult.getError() == null) {
+                    tbClusterService.broadcastEntityStateChangeEvent(importResult.getTenantId(), importResult.getRuleChainId(),
+                            importResult.isUpdated() ? ComponentLifecycleEvent.UPDATED : ComponentLifecycleEvent.CREATED);
                 }
             }
+            return importResults;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw handleException(e);
         }
diff --git a/common/dao-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainService.java b/common/dao-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainService.java
index ae994d4122..e089d7bf47 100644
--- a/common/dao-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainService.java
+++ b/common/dao-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainService.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.RuleNodeId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TenantId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.PageData;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.PageLink;
-import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.TimePageLink;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.relation.EntityRelation;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule.RuleChain;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule.RuleChainData;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public interface RuleChainService {
 
     RuleChainData exportTenantRuleChains(TenantId tenantId, PageLink pageLink) throws ThingsboardException;
 
-    List<RuleChainImportResult> importTenantRuleChains(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainData ruleChainData, RuleChainType type, boolean overwrite);
+    List<RuleChainImportResult> importTenantRuleChains(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainData ruleChainData, boolean overwrite);
 
     RuleChain assignRuleChainToEdge(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainId ruleChainId, EdgeId edgeId);
 
diff --git a/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/rule/RuleChainImportResult.java b/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/rule/RuleChainImportResult.java
index 11a2f68a57..70c30de947 100644
--- a/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/rule/RuleChainImportResult.java
+++ b/common/data/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/common/data/rule/RuleChainImportResult.java
@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@
  */
 package org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule;
 
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.RuleChainId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TenantId;
-import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.plugin.ComponentLifecycleEvent;
 
 @Data
-@AllArgsConstructor
 public class RuleChainImportResult {
 
+    @JsonIgnore
     private TenantId tenantId;
     private RuleChainId ruleChainId;
-    private ComponentLifecycleEvent lifecycleEvent;
+    private String ruleChainName;
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_DEFAULT)
+    private boolean updated;
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+    private String error;
+
 }
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/BaseRuleChainService.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/BaseRuleChainService.java
index 2ead3f4334..487f39f2cc 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/BaseRuleChainService.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/BaseRuleChainService.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.RuleNodeId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TenantId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.PageData;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.PageLink;
-import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.plugin.ComponentLifecycleEvent;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.relation.EntityRelation;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.relation.RelationTypeGroup;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule.NodeConnectionInfo;
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.dao.tenant.TbTenantProfileCache;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.tenant.TenantDao;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -416,41 +417,46 @@ public class BaseRuleChainService extends AbstractEntityService implements RuleC
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<RuleChainImportResult> importTenantRuleChains(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainData ruleChainData, RuleChainType type, boolean overwrite) {
+    public List<RuleChainImportResult> importTenantRuleChains(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainData ruleChainData, boolean overwrite) {
         List<RuleChainImportResult> importResults = new ArrayList<>();
+
         setRandomRuleChainIds(ruleChainData);
         resetRuleNodeIds(ruleChainData.getMetadata());
         resetRuleChainMetadataTenantIds(tenantId, ruleChainData.getMetadata());
-        if (overwrite) {
-            List<RuleChain> persistentRuleChains = findAllTenantRuleChains(tenantId, type);
-            for (RuleChain ruleChain : ruleChainData.getRuleChains()) {
-                ComponentLifecycleEvent lifecycleEvent;
-                Optional<RuleChain> persistentRuleChainOpt = persistentRuleChains.stream().filter(rc -> rc.getName().equals(ruleChain.getName())).findFirst();
-                if (persistentRuleChainOpt.isPresent()) {
-                    setNewRuleChainId(ruleChain, ruleChainData.getMetadata(), ruleChain.getId(), persistentRuleChainOpt.get().getId());
-                    ruleChain.setRoot(persistentRuleChainOpt.get().isRoot());
-                    lifecycleEvent = ComponentLifecycleEvent.UPDATED;
-                } else {
-                    ruleChain.setRoot(false);
-                    lifecycleEvent = ComponentLifecycleEvent.CREATED;
+
+        for (RuleChain ruleChain : ruleChainData.getRuleChains()) {
+            RuleChainImportResult importResult = new RuleChainImportResult();
+
+            ruleChain.setTenantId(tenantId);
+            ruleChain.setRoot(false);
+
+            if (overwrite) {
+                Collection<RuleChain> existingRuleChains = ruleChainDao.findByTenantIdAndTypeAndName(tenantId,
+                        Optional.ofNullable(ruleChain.getType()).orElse(RuleChainType.CORE), ruleChain.getName());
+                Optional<RuleChain> existingRuleChain = existingRuleChains.stream().findFirst();
+                if (existingRuleChain.isPresent()) {
+                    setNewRuleChainId(ruleChain, ruleChainData.getMetadata(), ruleChain.getId(), existingRuleChain.get().getId());
+                    ruleChain.setRoot(existingRuleChain.get().isRoot());
+                    importResult.setUpdated(true);
                 }
-                ruleChain.setTenantId(tenantId);
-                ruleChainDao.save(tenantId, ruleChain);
-                importResults.add(new RuleChainImportResult(tenantId, ruleChain.getId(), lifecycleEvent));
             }
-        } else {
-            if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(ruleChainData.getRuleChains())) {
-                ruleChainData.getRuleChains().forEach(rc -> {
-                    rc.setTenantId(tenantId);
-                    rc.setRoot(false);
-                    RuleChain savedRc = ruleChainDao.save(tenantId, rc);
-                    importResults.add(new RuleChainImportResult(tenantId, savedRc.getId(), ComponentLifecycleEvent.CREATED));
-                });
+
+            try {
+                ruleChain = saveRuleChain(ruleChain);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                importResult.setError(ExceptionUtils.getRootCauseMessage(e));
             }
+
+            importResult.setTenantId(tenantId);
+            importResult.setRuleChainId(ruleChain.getId());
+            importResult.setRuleChainName(ruleChain.getName());
+            importResults.add(importResult);
         }
-        if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(ruleChainData.getMetadata())) {
+
+        if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(ruleChainData.getMetadata())) {
             ruleChainData.getMetadata().forEach(md -> saveRuleChainMetaData(tenantId, md));
         }
+
         return importResults;
     }
 
@@ -475,7 +481,9 @@ public class BaseRuleChainService extends AbstractEntityService implements RuleC
         }
         if (isTenantId) {
             ObjectNode objNode = (ObjectNode) node;
-            objNode.put("id", tenantId.getId().toString());
+            if (objNode.has("id")) {
+                objNode.put("id", tenantId.getId().toString());
+            }
         } else {
             for (JsonNode jsonNode : node) {
                 searchTenantIdRecursive(tenantId, jsonNode);
@@ -723,4 +731,5 @@ public class BaseRuleChainService extends AbstractEntityService implements RuleC
                     checkRuleNodesAndDelete(tenantId, entity.getId());
                 }
             };
+
 }
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainDao.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainDao.java
index 98ad0b34a7..03fd25e944 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainDao.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/rule/RuleChainDao.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.thingsboard.server.dao.rule;
 
+import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.id.TenantId;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.PageData;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.page.PageLink;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule.RuleChain;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule.RuleChainType;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.Dao;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.TenantEntityDao;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
@@ -74,4 +76,7 @@ public interface RuleChainDao extends Dao<RuleChain>, TenantEntityDao {
      * @return the list of rule chain objects
      */
     PageData<RuleChain> findAutoAssignToEdgeRuleChainsByTenantId(UUID tenantId, PageLink pageLink);
+
+    Collection<RuleChain> findByTenantIdAndTypeAndName(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainType type, String name);
+
 }
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/JpaRuleChainDao.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/JpaRuleChainDao.java
index 040e60daad..483ab39f06 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/JpaRuleChainDao.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/JpaRuleChainDao.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.thingsboard.server.dao.model.sql.RuleChainEntity;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.rule.RuleChainDao;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.sql.JpaAbstractSearchTextDao;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -97,8 +98,14 @@ public class JpaRuleChainDao extends JpaAbstractSearchTextDao<RuleChainEntity, R
                         DaoUtil.toPageable(pageLink)));
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Collection<RuleChain> findByTenantIdAndTypeAndName(TenantId tenantId, RuleChainType type, String name) {
+        return DaoUtil.convertDataList(ruleChainRepository.findByTenantIdAndTypeAndName(tenantId.getId(), type, name));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Long countByTenantId(TenantId tenantId) {
         return ruleChainRepository.countByTenantId(tenantId.getId());
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/RuleChainRepository.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/RuleChainRepository.java
index 86a147cc57..fda0a0d7f0 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/RuleChainRepository.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/rule/RuleChainRepository.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.rule.RuleChainType;
 import org.thingsboard.server.dao.model.sql.RuleChainEntity;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public interface RuleChainRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<RuleChainEntity, UUID> {
@@ -55,10 +56,13 @@ public interface RuleChainRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<RuleChai
             "AND re.relationType = 'Contains' AND re.fromId = :tenantId AND re.fromType = 'TENANT' " +
             "AND LOWER(rc.searchText) LIKE LOWER(CONCAT(:searchText, '%'))")
     Page<RuleChainEntity> findAutoAssignByTenantId(@Param("tenantId") UUID tenantId,
-                                                  @Param("searchText") String searchText,
-                                                  Pageable pageable);
+                                                   @Param("searchText") String searchText,
+                                                   Pageable pageable);
 
     RuleChainEntity findByTenantIdAndTypeAndRootIsTrue(UUID tenantId, RuleChainType ruleChainType);
 
     Long countByTenantId(UUID tenantId);
+
+    List<RuleChainEntity> findByTenantIdAndTypeAndName(UUID tenantId, RuleChainType type, String name);
+
 }