WorkItemPostProcessingContext

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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	missng XML code comments	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
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	[]

Example

A basic sample for WorkItemPostProcessingContext configuration.

{
  "$type": "WorkItemPostProcessingConfig",
  "Enabled": false,
  "WorkItemIDs": null,
  "WIQLQuery": "SELECT [System.Id] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @TeamProject AND [@ReflectedWorkItemIdFieldName] = ''  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
}