Tfs Work Item Link Tool

Tool for migrating work item links and relationships between work items, including shared steps and parameters for test cases.

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Tool for migrating work item links and relationships between work items, including shared steps and parameters for test cases.

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Options

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault Value
EnabledBooleanIf set to true then the tool will run. Set to false and the processor will not run.missing XML code comments
FilterIfLinkCountMatchesBooleanSkip validating links if the number of links in the source and the target matches!missing XML code comments
SaveAfterEachLinkIsAddedBooleanSave the work item after each link is added. This will slow the migration as it will cause many saves to the TFS database.Not specified
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Samples

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Sample

Sample 

{
  "MigrationTools": {
    "Version": "16.0",
    "CommonTools": {
      "TfsWorkItemLinkTool": {
        "Enabled": "True",
        "FilterIfLinkCountMatches": "True",
        "SaveAfterEachLinkIsAdded": "False"
      }
    }
  }
}
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Defaults

Defaults 

{
  "MigrationTools": {
    "Version": "16.0",
    "CommonTools": {
      "TfsWorkItemLinkTool": {
        "Enabled": "True",
        "FilterIfLinkCountMatches": "True",
        "SaveAfterEachLinkIsAdded": "False"
      }
    }
  }
}
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Classic

Classic 

{
  "$type": "TfsWorkItemLinkToolOptions",
  "Enabled": true,
  "FilterIfLinkCountMatches": true,
  "SaveAfterEachLinkIsAdded": false
}
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Metadata

Metadata

Class Name
TfsWorkItemLinkTool
Status
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Processing Target
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Type
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Created and maintained by Martin Hinshelwood of nkdagility.com

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