How to delete workitem programmatically

Pheneenda gadipoodi (1●1●7●10) | asked Feb 03 '14, 5:25 a.m.
retagged Feb 04 '14, 7:07 a.m. by Adam Wereszczynski (928●1●19●32)

Hi,

I want to delete work item using plain java api. I have used "WorkItemClient.deleteWorkitem()" method but it is not deleting the workitem.

Refer below code, I have tried passing both workitem and workitem workingcopy

IWorkItem workItem = workItemClient.findWorkItemById(Integer.parseInt(workItemId), IWorkItem.FULL_PROFILE, null);
IDetailedStatus status = workItemClient.deleteWorkItem(workItem, null);

and

IWorkItem workItem = workItemClient.findWorkItemById(Integer.parseInt(workItemId), IWorkItem.FULL_PROFILE, null);
IDetailedStatus status = workItemClient.deleteWorkItem((WorkItemHandle) workItem.getWorkingCopy(), null);please let me know if I am doing anything wrong.

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Ralph Schoon (63.5k●3●36●46) | answered Feb 18 '14, 6:46 a.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
edited Feb 18 '14, 6:51 a.m.

This code works for me, provided the user has the permission to delete work items in the project area.

	IWorkItem workItem = workItemClient.findWorkItemById(id, IWorkItem.SMALL_PROFILE, monitor);
	IDetailedStatus status = workItemClient.deleteWorkItem(workItem, monitor);
	
	if (!status.isOK()) {
			throw new TeamRepositoryException("Error deleting work item",
					status.getException());
	}

	System.out.println("Deleted work item: " + idString + ".");

You don't require a workingcopy, workingcopy manager or anything else.

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Pheneenda gadipoodi commented Feb 18 '14, 10:37 a.m.

Thanks Ralph.

That is the exact code which I have written to delete. deleteWorkItem() returning status OK, however If I open the workitem in using id in RTC or in web it is opening. Then once again if I run my program to delete same work item then findWorkItemByID() is returning NULL.

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Lauren Hayward Schaefer (3.3k●1●17●27) | answered Feb 03 '14, 7:50 a.m.
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Hi,

Are you getting any errors?

I believe the user who deletes work items needs to have JazzAdmins permissions. Can you confirm the user who is authenticated has JazzAdmins permissions?

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Pheneenda gadipoodi commented Feb 03 '14, 11:02 p.m.

Thanks for your quick response

Yes, I have admin rights and I am able to delete the workitems using eclipse. However I am not able to delete using the java program, in program I am getting status OK when I try to execute delete instruction(workItemClient.deleteWorkItem(workItem, null)).

After that I am not able to fetch that workitem using Java API method(workItemClient.findWorkItemById(Integer.parseInt(workItemId), IWorkItem.FULL_PROFILE, null)), however able to fetch using workitem query in RTC eclipse and also fetch workitem using quick search also.

Lauren Hayward Schaefer commented Feb 04 '14, 6:53 a.m.

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Unfortunately, I'm not familiar enough with the delete api to understand why it wouldn't be working. Perhaps something in this article on creation will trigger something for you: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/ProgrammaticWorkItemCreation.

Pheneenda gadipoodi commented Feb 18 '14, 4:29 a.m.

Thanks for your prompt response. I have already went through that page however I did not find anthing related to delete workitems please guide me to get the proper point of contact.

Lauren Hayward Schaefer commented Feb 18 '14, 6:46 a.m.

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@rschoon do you have any ideas?

sam detweiler commented Feb 18 '14, 10:54 a.m.

many time the eclipse client caches things u don't wan it to..

close eclipse and reopen

note that the pgm connection and the eclipse connection to the workspace are two different connections.

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