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TfsWorkItemOverwriteProcessor

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2024-09-10 16:11:58 +0000

Reapply field mappings after a migration. Does not migtate Work Items, only reapplied changes to filed mappings.

Options

Parameter name Type Description Default Value
Enabled Boolean If set to `true` then the processor will run. Set to `false` and the processor will not run. missng XML code comments
Enrichers List List of Enrichers that can be used to add more features to this processor. Only works with Native Processors and not legacy Processors. missng XML code comments
FilterWorkItemsThatAlreadyExistInTarget Boolean This loads all of the work items already saved to the Target and removes them from the Source work item list prior to commencing the run. While this may take some time in large data sets it reduces the time of the overall migration significantly if you need to restart. true
PauseAfterEachWorkItem Boolean Pause after each work item is migrated false
RefName String `Refname` will be used in the future to allow for using named Options without the need to copy all of the options. missng XML code comments
SourceName String missng XML code comments missng XML code comments
TargetName String missng XML code comments missng XML code comments
WIQLQuery String A work item query based on WIQL to select only important work items. To migrate all leave this empty. See [WIQL Query Bits](#wiql-query-bits) AND [Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ClosedDate] = '' AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan','Shared Steps','Shared Parameter','Feedback Request')
WorkItemCreateRetryLimit Int32 **beta** If set to a number greater than 0 work items that fail to save will retry after a number of seconds equal to the retry count. This allows for periodic network glitches not to end the process. 5
WorkItemIDs IList A list of work items to import []

Examples

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sample

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classic

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    {
  "$type": "TfsWorkItemOverwriteProcessorOptions",
  "Enabled": false,
  "WorkItemIDs": null,
  "WIQLQuery": "SELECT [System.Id] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @TeamProject AND [@ReflectedWorkItemIdField] = ''  AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan','Shared Steps','Shared Parameter','Feedback Request') ORDER BY [System.ChangedDate] desc",
  "FilterWorkItemsThatAlreadyExistInTarget": false,
  "PauseAfterEachWorkItem": false,
  "WorkItemCreateRetryLimit": 0,
  "Enrichers": null,
  "SourceName": null,
  "TargetName": null,
  "RefName": null
}
    

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