Ecospold1 import : mapping fails if two corresponding flows with same name in same subcategory

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to import an Ecospold01 object into openLCA in plain Java, using olca modules from Github.

I succeded for almost all my exchanges, except in one case. In input, I have the following elementary flow, from Ecoinvent 3.4:

• name: "Occupation annual crop"
• category: "Resource"
• subcategory: "Land"

The problem is that, in Ecoinvent 3.4, in Elementary flows > Resource > Land, there are two flows with that same name : "Occupation annual crop". Then, when I run the import, with handleProcessDataSet(), the mapping fails for my flow. I guess the core method here is getMappedFlow(), but I would like it to take one of the two corresponding flows.

Can you confirm the expected behaviour is : make the mapping fail if more than one corresponding flow ? If so, do you have any workaround or should I search a custom solution ?

Thank you very much in advance for an answer,

Best regards,

Clement

Answer 1

I think there is not really a workaround except using a different format - EcoSpold1 does not understand IDs or UUIDs, so everything is identified by its name.