Imposible to make simple work item migration to work

[Javapower77]

Hi!

I am trying to migrate work items from one project to another inside the same organization for Azure DevOps (cloud only).

But I am having a problem with work item types that are not editable and can't be assigned the field ReflectedWorkItemId.

I tried to find out how to avoid that, but I didn't found anything after a couple of days researching.

Could someone help me, please? Thanks!

This is my config:

{
  "$schema": "https://devopsmigration.io/schema/configuration.schema.json",
  "Serilog": {
    "MinimumLevel": "Information"
  },
  "MigrationTools": {
    "Version": "16.2",
    "Endpoints": {
      "Source": {
        "EndpointType": "TfsTeamProjectEndpoint",
        "Collection": "https://dev.azure.com/SofreDigital/",
        "Project": "ODI",
        "Authentication": {
          "AuthenticationMode": "AccessToken",
          "AccessToken": ""
        }
      },
      "Target": {
        "EndpointType": "TfsTeamProjectEndpoint",
        "Collection": "https://dev.azure.com/SofreDigital/",
        "Project": "ODI - Sofre",
        "Authentication": {
          "AuthenticationMode": "AccessToken",
          "AccessToken": ""
        },
        "ReflectedWorkItemIdField": "Custom.ReflectedWorkItemId"
      }
    },
    "Processors": [
      {
        "ProcessorType": "TfsWorkItemMigrationProcessor",
        "Enabled": true,
        "UpdateCreatedDate": true,
        "UpdateCreatedBy": true,
        "WIQLQuery": "SELECT [System.Id] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = @TeamProject AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan','Shared Steps','Shared Parameter','Feedback Request') ORDER BY [System.ChangedDate] desc",
        "FixHtmlAttachmentLinks": true,
        "WorkItemCreateRetryLimit": 5,
        "FilterWorkItemsThatAlreadyExistInTarget": false,
        "GenerateMigrationComment": true,
        "SourceName": "Source",
        "TargetName": "Target"
      }
    ],
    "CommonTools": {
      "FieldMappingTool": {
        "Enabled": true,
        "FieldMaps": [
          {
            "FieldMapType": "FieldToFieldMap",
            "sourceField": "Custom.ReflectedWorkItemId",
            "targetField": "Microsoft.VSTS.Build.IntegrationBuild",
            "defaultValue": "",
            "ApplyTo": [ "*" ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "TfsUserMappingTool": {
        "Enabled": true,
        "IdentityFieldsToCheck": [
          "System.AssignedTo",
          "System.ChangedBy",
          "System.CreatedBy"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

[mathiasth]

I had the same issue, but then found out that you can add this piece into the CommonTools section, ignoring all other work item types in the checks except the ones specified:

    "CommonTools": {
      "TfsWorkItemTypeValidatorTool": {
        "Enabled": true,
        "IncludeWorkItemtypes": [
          "Product Backlog Item"
        ]
      }
    }

[MrHinsh]

Thanks for the reply... I need to check the jogic overlap between TfsWorkItemTypeValidatorTool and TfsValidateRequiredFieldTool with @satano and see whats up.

@satano can you ping me on https://wa.me/message/HUH4LD467QPTB1 so we can have a chat?

[mathiasth]

You're welcome, glad to help with my insights of the last day with that positively insane tool

[MrHinsh]

We have a tool for that!

• Tfs Validate Required Field Tool - This is the tool that does the validation. The default is to validate all work items before we get the work items as that can take some time. Add the work items you don't want to validate to the Exclusions list.

I'll work up an issue to get those uneditable items added to the defaults.