Import WorkItems from CSV including parent/child links (RTC 4.0.2 and later)
Thorsten Gau (86●2●12●12)
| asked Jan 25 '14, 2:58 a.m.
retagged Jan 31 '14, 2:15 p.m. by Dejan Custic (285●5)
In this video a CSV file is imported and as a result the work items have parent/child links.
How was this done? import-work-item-and-the-links-from-csv-file points out to use id,parent 1234,#1233 I understand how to use this to link new work items to existing work items (id attribute known), but was wondering how to use this when the ID of the parent is not known (RTC sets it to a unique number during import) |
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The answer is simple: RTC is smart
RTC is able to use any ID in the import file to determine the link to set, but use actual/real (new) IDs during import. So here is a demo.csv: Id,Type,Summary,Filed Against,Parent 1233,Task,aParent,aCategory 1234,Task,aChild,aCategory,#1233 Millard Ellingsworth selected this answer as the correct answer
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Dejan Custic (285●5)
| answered Jan 31 '14, 2:15 p.m.
FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER edited Jan 31 '14, 5:17 p.m.
The related Help topic is also here http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/clmhelp/v4r0m3/topic/com.ibm.team.workitem.doc/topics/t_importing_work_items_csv_file.html
Comments Oh, if only that were true. I can't find anything in the doc. that mentions how to set up a CSV file to create links as Thorsten describes above. |
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