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WorkItemTrackingProcessor

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This processor is intended, with the aid of ProcessorEnrichers, to allow the migration of Work Items between two Endpoints.

Options

Parameter name Type Description Default Value
CollapseRevisions Boolean missng XML code comments missng XML code comments
Enabled Boolean If set to `true` then the processor will run. Set to `false` and the processor will not run. missng XML code comments
ProcessorEnrichers 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
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
ReplayRevisions Boolean missng XML code comments missng XML code comments
SourceName String missng XML code comments missng XML code comments
TargetName String missng XML code comments missng XML code comments
WorkItemCreateRetryLimit Int32 missng XML code comments missng XML code comments

Example

A basic sample for WorkItemTrackingProcessor configuration.

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{
  "$type": "WorkItemTrackingProcessorOptions",
  "Enabled": true,
  "ReplayRevisions": true,
  "CollapseRevisions": false,
  "WorkItemCreateRetryLimit": 5,
  "ProcessorEnrichers": [
    {
      "$type": "PauseAfterEachItemOptions",
      "Enabled": true
    },
    {
      "$type": "AppendMigrationToolSignatureFooterOptions",
      "Enabled": true
    }
  ],
  "SourceName": null,
  "TargetName": null
}

Supported Endpoints

  • TfsWorkItemEndpoint
  • FileSystemWorkItemEndpoint
  • InMemoryWorkItemEndpoint

Supported Processor Enrichers

  • PauseAfterEachWorkItem
  • AppendMigrationToolSignatureFooter
  • FilterWorkItemsThatAlreadyExistInTarget
  • SkipToFinalRevisedWorkItemType

Full Example with Enpoints & Enrichers

    {
      "ObjectType": "WorkItemMigrationProcessorOptions",
      "Enabled": true,
      "ReplayRevisions": true,
      "PrefixProjectToNodes": false,
      "CollapseRevisions": false,
      "WorkItemCreateRetryLimit": 5,
      "Enrichers": [
        {
          "ObjectType": "PauseAfterEachItemOptions",
          "Enabled": true
        },
        {
          "ObjectType": "FilterWorkItemsThatAlreadyExistInTargetOptions",
          "Enabled": true,
          "Query": {
            "WhereBit": "AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan')",
            "OrderBit": "[System.ChangedDate] desc"
          }
        },
        {
          "ObjectType": "AppendMigrationToolSignatureFooterOptions",
          "Enabled": false
        },
        {
          "ObjectType": "SkipToFinalRevisedWorkItemTypeOptions",
          "Enabled": false
        }
      ],
      "Endpoints": [
        {
          "ObjectType": "FileSystemWorkItemEndpointOptions",
          "Direction": "Source",
          "FileStore": ".\\Store\\Source\\",
          "Query": {
            "WhereBit": "AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan')",
            "OrderBit": "[System.ChangedDate] desc"
          },
          "Enrichers": [
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemAttachmentEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true,
              "AttachmentWorkingPath": "c:\\temp\\WorkItemAttachmentWorkingFolder\\",
              "AttachmentMaxSize": 480000000
            },
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemLinkEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true,
              "LinkMigrationSaveEachAsAdded": true
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "ObjectType": "TfsWorkItemEndPointOptions",
          "Direction": "Target",
          "AccessToken": "6i4jyylsadkjanjniaydxnjsi4zsz3qarxhl2y5ngzzffiqdostq",
          "Query": {
            "Query": "SELECT [System.Id], [System.Tags] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @TeamProject AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan') ORDER BY [System.ChangedDate] desc"
          },
          "Enrichers": [
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemAttachmentEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true,
              "AttachmentWorkingPath": "c:\\temp\\WorkItemAttachmentWorkingFolder\\",
              "AttachmentMaxSize": 480000000
            },
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemEmbedEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true,
              "AttachmentWorkingPath": "c:\\temp\\WorkItemAttachmentWorkingFolder\\"
            },
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemLinkEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true,
              "LinkMigrationSaveEachAsAdded": true
            },
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemCreatedEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true,
              "UpdateCreatedDate": true,
              "UpdateCreatedBy": true
            },
            {
              "ObjectType": "WorkItemFieldTableEnricherOptions",
              "Enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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