So like using the `Pulumi Import Resource Operation`

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So like using the `Pulumi Import Resource Operation` <https www pulumi com docs guides adopting import pulumi import resource operation|found here> do we have to include the ` name lt resource name gt ` in the `args` Doesn t ` import lt resource name gt ` take care of that So you can just do something like ```const foo = new aws iam User foo import foo ```

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The `import` opt is not related to name at all only to import ID Import ID is defined by the importing code and may include related IDs that don t belong to the resource

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For example a security group rule has this import ID gt Security Group Rules can be imported using the security group id type protocol from port to port and source s destination s e g cidr block separated by underscores All parts are required

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Also resources don t necessarily have a Name arg Some do some don t And what that name means depends on the resource

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For many resources you don t have to provide a name arg if you re not importing and then Pulumi generates a name from the 1st parameter plus a random bit This will obviously never match what s in the cloud

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So to prevent this mismatch you pretty much always have to provide the Name arg for any resource that support it when importing