Dumping WIs to FileSystem

[4ngrym0f0]

I'm trying to utilize the FileSystemWorkItemEndpoint Endpoint to save / dump Work Items from the Source ADO Org and Project to the local FileSystem @ C:\temp\wi path, however I'm having trouble figuring out the right Processor(s) for this.

Initially, I tried to lean on the config outlined in #1418, however it isn't accepted anymore by the 16.x version of the Tools.

Here's the config I patched up for the test (I understand there's no WI query specified etc, but this is just to get the syntax / flow accurate before going full on), using the WorkItemTrackingProcessor. Per the documentation, it should support the FileSystemWorkItemEndpoint Endpoint:

{
  "Serilog": {
    "MinimumLevel": "Debug"
  },
  "MigrationTools": {
    "Version": "16.1",
    "Endpoints": {
      "Source": {
        "EndpointType": "TfsTeamProjectEndpoint",
        "Collection": "https://dev.azure.com/source_org/",
        "Project": "source_project",
        "Authentication": {
          "AuthenticationMode": "AccessToken",
          "AccessToken": "source_pat"
        }
      },
      "Target": {
        "EndpointType": "FileSystemWorkItemEndpoint",
        "Name": "Target",
        "FileStore": "c:\\temp\\wi"
      }
    },
    "Processors": [
      {
        "ProcessorType": "WorkItemTrackingProcessor",
        "Enabled": true,
        "SourceName": "Source",
        "TargetName": "Target"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Unfortunately, the above doesn't work, not being happy with the TfsTeamProjectEndpoint Endpoint Type:

[12:53:20 FTL] [16.1.0] Error while running WorkItemTrackingProcessor
System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'MigrationTools.Clients.TfsTeamProjectEndpoint' to type 'MigrationTools.Endpoints.IWorkItemSourceEndpoint'.
   at MigrationTools.Processors.WorkItemTrackingProcessor.InternalExecute() in D:\a\azure-devops-migration-tools\azure-devops-migration-tools\src\MigrationTools\Processors\WorkItemTrackingProcessor.cs:line 41
   at MigrationTools.Processors.Infrastructure.Processor.Execute() in D:\a\azure-devops-migration-tools\azure-devops-migration-tools\src\MigrationTools\Processors\Infrastructure\Processor.cs:line 99
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I also tried to use the TfsWorkItemMigrationProcessor Processor, but that one doesn't support the FileSystemWorkItemEndpoint Endpoint:

The configuration entry at 'MigrationTools:Processors' did not pass validation!
 Please check the following failures:
 -The Endpoint 'Target' specified for `TfsWorkItemMigrationProcessor` is of the wrong type! TfsTeamProjectEndpoint was expected.

I'd appreciate an example config that does the job.

Thanks in advance! 😊

[MrHinsh]

The file system endpoint was never implemented. What's the use case?

[4ngrym0f0]

Ah, I see :(

Well, there's a requirement to archive certain ADO Projects and that Endpoint looked promising...

Nonetheless, thanks for your input @MrHinsh, I'll look into alt methods.

[MrHinsh]

It's on the backlog to export to file system from TFS (on prem) using the TFS Object Model API so I can move the main tool fully over to rest.