Copying Work Items in TFS 2015

Question

We are using TFS 2015 and the CMMI process template.

I am trying to find out how to create a full copy from an Issue work item whereby the target work item type should be Requirement. With full copy I mean that the values of all fields of the Issue that are also available within the Requirement (e.g. Title, Description, State, Area Path, Iteration,...) should be copied as well as all links to other work items (child, parent, related, successor, predecessor, etc.).

Using "Copy" within VSO will f.e. not copy child links of the Issue (Tasks). Instead it creates a "related" to the source Issue...

Any recommendation how this can be realized would be highly appreciated.

chief7 chief7 · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-29T18:11:39

You can use the TFS API to read a test cases from TFS and then create a new one based on the properties you wish to copy over. Here is some sample code for creating a Test Case:

   using System;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client;

namespace WorkItemTrackingSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {            // Connect to the server and the store, and get the WorkItemType object
            // for user stories from the team project where the user story will be created. 
            Uri collectionUri = (args.Length < 1) ?
                new Uri("http://server:port/vdir/DefaultCollection") : new Uri(args[0]);
            TfsTeamProjectCollection tpc = new TfsTeamProjectCollection(collectionUri);
            WorkItemStore workItemStore = tpc.GetService<WorkItemStore>();
            Project teamProject = workItemStore.Projects["DinnerNow"];
            WorkItemType workItemType = teamProject.WorkItemTypes["Test Case"];

            // Create the work item. 
            WorkItem userStory = new WorkItem(workItemType)
            {
                // The title is generally the only required field that doesn’t have a default value. 
                // You must set it, or you can’t save the work item. If you’re working with another
                // type of work item, there may be other fields that you’ll have to set.
                Title = "Recently ordered menu",
                Description =
                    "As a return customer, I want to see items that I've recently ordered."
            };

            // Save the new user story. 
            userStory.Save();
        }
    }
}

Copying Work Items in TFS 2015

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