Making New type attributes retroactive
Hi all,
I have an existing workitem type that needs a new attribute. As far as I know only new workitems of that type can show this new attribute on the presentation. I suppose that old workitems mantain its original data model.
We need that new attribute in all preexisting workitems of that type so we need a workaround.
Is there any common solution for this situation??
Our first idea to solve this is to create a new type identical to the original but adding the new attribute and then change the type of the affected workitems from the old one to the new one.
With this operation all the previously informed fields are mapped correctly and the new one appears empty.
Is this a good solution?
Thanks in advance
Andres
I have an existing workitem type that needs a new attribute. As far as I know only new workitems of that type can show this new attribute on the presentation. I suppose that old workitems mantain its original data model.
We need that new attribute in all preexisting workitems of that type so we need a workaround.
Is there any common solution for this situation??
Our first idea to solve this is to create a new type identical to the original but adding the new attribute and then change the type of the affected workitems from the old one to the new one.
With this operation all the previously informed fields are mapped correctly and the new one appears empty.
Is this a good solution?
Thanks in advance
Andres
4 answers
I have an existing workitem type that needs a new attribute. As far as
I know only new workitems of that type can show this new attribute on
the presentation. I suppose that old workitems mantain its original
data model.
We need that new attribute in all preexisting workitems of that type
so we need a workaround.
Is there any common solution for this situation??
This is the typical way of doing this:
1) Create a query that selects the work items that don't have the
attribute yet
2) Select the work items
3) Right-click on the type column
4) Choose 'Synchronize Attributes' from the context menu
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Regards,
Patrick
Jazz Work Item Team