Can't import the maven project in IntelliJ Idea 2016.1.1

Question

I am trying to import a project in IntelliJ Idea 2016.1.1 using: File->Project from existing sources->choose the required pom.xml

It comes to this dialog bo

Answer 1

Had exactly the same issue, in my case it was a memory problem: the importer needed more memory than the one allowed by the VM's limit set by default after the installation of IntelliJ: I had 768 mb set by default and i moved them to 2048 mb.

You can set this under : Preferences |-> Build, Execution, Deployment |-> Build Tools |-> Maven |-> Importing |-> VM options for importer