diff --git a/tests/variableTreeXml/cherryPick.xml b/tests/variableTreeXml/cherryPick.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f8ee6c888713bd73cdfdacffac254e74fc548506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/variableTreeXml/cherryPick.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<device_server xmlns="https://github.com/ChimeraTK/ControlSystemAdapter-DoocsAdapter">
+  <location name="DIRECT">
+    <property source="/A/b/do"/>
+    <property source="INT"/>
+  </location>
+</device_server>
diff --git a/tests/variableTreeXml/importAll.xml b/tests/variableTreeXml/importAll.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..27fd75a0783c26a00b1e54bb25fae1398ce1493d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/variableTreeXml/importAll.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<device_server xmlns="https://github.com/ChimeraTK/ControlSystemAdapter-DoocsAdapter">
+  <import>/</import>
+</device_server>
diff --git a/tests/variableTreeXml/importAndRename.xml b/tests/variableTreeXml/importAndRename.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe0a508a33d2f31ff50a91698f3e98c18684bbba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/variableTreeXml/importAndRename.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<device_server xmlns="https://github.com/ChimeraTK/ControlSystemAdapter-DoocsAdapter">
+  <location name="DIRECT">
+    <property source="INT" name="FOO"/>
+    <property source="/DIRECT/DOUBLE" name="BAR"/>
+    <import>/DIRECT</import>
+  </location>
+</device_server>
diff --git a/tests/variableTreeXml/importLocation.xml b/tests/variableTreeXml/importLocation.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..931d590332f95671af12926f5ca698c60ad31875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/variableTreeXml/importLocation.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<device_server xmlns="https://github.com/ChimeraTK/ControlSystemAdapter-DoocsAdapter">
+  <location name="B">
+    <import>/A</import>
+  </location>
+</device_server>