During reverse engineering the application checks for tables and views that duplicate existing names and disallows duplicate names if necessary. If you attempt to import an object that duplicates the name of an existing object you will be notified with an error message. To see any errors that have occurred during reverse engineering you can click on the button Show Logs. This will create a panel containing a list of messages, including any error messages than may have been generated. Click the Hide Logs button to close the panel.

Figure 16.9. Message Log

If you wish to import an object with the same name as an existing object, rename the existing object before reverse engineering.

If you import objects from more than one schema, there will be a tab in the Physical Schemata section of the MySQL Model page for each schema imported.

You cannot reverse engineer a live database that has the same name as an existing schema. If you wish to do this, first rename the existing schema.