diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/ImportModal.test.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/ImportModal.test.tsx
index 1e922b4d128..718d4d63d70 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/ImportModal.test.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/ImportModal.test.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import configureStore from 'redux-mock-store';
 import { styledMount as mount } from 'spec/helpers/theming';
 import { ReactWrapper } from 'enzyme';
 
+import { ImportResourceName } from 'src/views/CRUD/types';
 import ImportModelsModal, { StyledIcon } from 'src/components/ImportModal';
 import Modal from 'src/common/components/Modal';
 
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ const mockStore = configureStore([thunk]);
 const store = mockStore({});
 
 const requiredProps = {
-  resourceName: 'model',
-  resourceLabel: 'model',
+  resourceName: 'database' as ImportResourceName,
+  resourceLabel: 'database',
   icon: <StyledIcon name="database" />,
   passwordsNeededMessage: 'Passwords are needed',
   addDangerToast: () => {},
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ describe('ImportModelsModal', () => {
     expect(wrapper.find(Modal)).toExist();
   });
 
-  it('renders "Import model" header', () => {
-    expect(wrapper.find('h4').text()).toEqual('Import model');
+  it('renders "Import database" header', () => {
+    expect(wrapper.find('h4').text()).toEqual('Import database');
   });
 
   it('renders a label and a file input field', () => {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/index.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/index.tsx
index 1c26623f10c..5b2d1ac8cf7 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/index.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/components/ImportModal/index.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { styled, t } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import Icon from 'src//components/Icon';
 import Modal from 'src/common/components/Modal';
 import { useImportResource } from 'src/views/CRUD/hooks';
+import { ImportResourceName } from 'src/views/CRUD/types';
 
 export const StyledIcon = styled(Icon)`
   margin: auto ${({ theme }) => theme.gridUnit * 2}px auto 0;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ const StyledInputContainer = styled.div`
 `;
 
 export interface ImportModelsModalProps {
-  resourceName: string;
+  resourceName: ImportResourceName;
   resourceLabel: string;
   icon: React.ReactNode;
   passwordsNeededMessage: string;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ const ImportModelsModal: FunctionComponent<ImportModelsModalProps> = ({
   const {
     state: { passwordsNeeded },
     importResource,
-  } = useImportResource<any>(resourceName, resourceLabel, handleErrorMsg);
+  } = useImportResource(resourceName, resourceLabel, handleErrorMsg);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setPasswordFields(passwordsNeeded);
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/hooks.ts b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/hooks.ts
index dedcadd87af..794b2c4d0f1 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/hooks.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/hooks.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { FilterValue } from 'src/components/ListView/types';
 import Chart, { Slice } from 'src/types/Chart';
 import copyTextToClipboard from 'src/utils/copy';
 import { getClientErrorObject } from 'src/utils/getClientErrorObject';
-import { FavoriteStatus } from './types';
+import { FavoriteStatus, ImportResourceName } from './types';
 
 interface ListViewResourceState<D extends object = any> {
   loading: boolean;
@@ -313,22 +313,22 @@ export function useSingleViewResource<D extends object = any>(
   };
 }
 
-interface ImportResourceState<D extends object = any> {
+interface ImportResourceState {
   loading: boolean;
   passwordsNeeded: string[];
 }
 
-export function useImportResource<D extends object = any>(
-  resourceName: string,
+export function useImportResource(
+  resourceName: ImportResourceName,
   resourceLabel: string, // resourceLabel for translations
   handleErrorMsg: (errorMsg: string) => void,
 ) {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<ImportResourceState<D>>({
+  const [state, setState] = useState<ImportResourceState>({
     loading: false,
     passwordsNeeded: [],
   });
 
-  function updateState(update: Partial<ImportResourceState<D>>) {
+  function updateState(update: Partial<ImportResourceState>) {
     setState(currentState => ({ ...currentState, ...update }));
   }
 
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/types.ts b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/types.ts
index c83e42ceba8..4a9a2c5c479 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/types.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/views/CRUD/types.ts
@@ -111,3 +111,5 @@ export enum QueryObjectColumns {
   tmp_table_name = 'tmp_table_name',
   tracking_url = 'tracking_url',
 }
+
+export type ImportResourceName = 'chart' | 'dashboard' | 'database' | 'dataset';