Updating WorkItems after a process change
I have made changes to the process template, however I have old workitems that need the updated fields and states. Is there a way to update the old workitems to pick up the updated process template.
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Ralph Schoon (63.6k●3●36●46)
| answered Jun 16 '09, 9:33 a.m.
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Hello mspurgeon,
there is a pretty well hidden feature to do so. Searching this group should get you quite some answers. However, on a WI query go in the WI icon in a row, do a select all and right click on the icon. The context menu shows something like "Synchronize Attributes.....". Note, you must use the type Column in the query. Ralph I have made changes to the process template, however I have old |
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Ralph Schoon (63.6k●3●36●46)
| answered Jun 16 '09, 9:33 a.m.
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Hello rpelliottjr,
to my knowledge today there s no automated mechanism to update processees for existing projects from a template as source. You might want to cross check and search this forum on similar questions. However my interpretation of the answers and from what I know you would have to manually update the project areas. You could either use the process customization GUI or try it with the XML source. I have very few experience doing this and not from a productive environment. I believe it should be possible to cut and paste at least parts of the XML to avoid the UI. I saved my neck once in pasting a good portion process config XML, avoiding to overwrite the iteration structure. However, it can be dangerous, so again, I would try it on a test server or wait for suggestions of people more capable than I am. Ralph Similar question or perhaps a clarification. If I have created |
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Ralph Schoon (63.6k●3●36●46)
| answered Jun 16 '09, 9:33 a.m.
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BTW - didn't mean to insult, just found it funny to see the question so often....
Ralph Hello mspurgeon, |
Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Jun 16 '09, 9:33 a.m.
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I've submitted work item 86059: "Make it more obvious/intuitive how to
upgrade existing work items when the work item schema is changed". (This question is definitely in the running for the MFAQ award ... "Most Frequently Asked Question" :-) Cheers, Geoff Ralph Schoon wrote: BTW - didn't mean to insult, just found it funny to see the question so |
Similar question or perhaps a clarification. If I have created multiple project areas based on a template and then modify the template, how do I propagate those changes to the individual project areas.
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Changes made to process templates will only apply to newly created project areas. You will have to manually update existing projects.
--- Ryan Manwiller Jazz Team |
"ryanman" == ryanman <ryanman> writes: ryanman> Changes made to process templates will only apply to newly created ryanman> project areas. You will have to manually update existing projects. Are there any tools to help or documented guidance on how to (easily) perform this manual update? -- John Kohl Senior Software Engineer - Rational Software - IBM Software Group Lexington, Massachusetts, USA jtk@us.ibm.com <http> |
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At this time, there are not tools for this.
If you are careful, you can save time by copying the xml from the Process Configuration Source tab for some things. |
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