This could be a bug or a defect in documentation.

When running a job to load multiple tables, the -f option is required even if the current working directory is the location of those files. This deviates from documentation.

When performing an XML based cpimport, if the datafiles are not in standard location: /var/log/mariadb/columnstore/data/bulk/data/import - you must use the option -f, even if the location of the files is the current working directory ($PWD). This is true for any user including root. A correct syntax would be:

cpimport -m1 -f $PWD  -p $PWD -j100

Tested with Columnstore 6.2.2