Currently when you import an XML file (e.g. exported from MS Project) which contains assignments these are imported into the new Workfront plan as you would expect.
However, there is currently no opportunity to ensure the new project is created in a 'Planning' status. This means that lots of emails fly out to users immediately after importing a project.
The new Copy Project lightbox introduced recently offers users the ability to choose the status of a project to be created. Could something similar be offered to users importing an XML file?