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JAVA API to identify the backlog iteration?


praveen hanchinamani (2729) | asked Mar 04 '16, 1:48 a.m.
edited Mar 04 '16, 1:53 a.m.
Hi,

I am using one of the process template while creating a project area, which creates the project area time line structure as below -

Main development[Timeline]
    - Release1.0[Iteration]
    - Backlog [Iteration].

So What is that configuration makes this "Backlog" different than the normal iteration? Is there any process configuration setting to identify whether the "Backlog" is really a backlog iteration? How can I make sure through java code that the "Backlog" is the really a backlog iteration? Is there any JAVA API available for this purpose? 

regards,
Praveen S H



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sam detweiler (12.5k6195201) | answered Mar 04 '16, 8:09 a.m.
there is an IIterationType, I assume (but can't find) the list of types includes Backlog.
it is set here in the process config, which uses some api to do it..



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praveen hanchinamani commented Mar 08 '16, 6:33 a.m. | edited Mar 08 '16, 6:34 a.m.

Thank you for your reply sam detweiler .

But IIterationType was not at all helpful for me to identify whether the iteration "Backlog" is the backlog iteration. I tried to get the IIterationType  by iteration.getIterationType() api and it is "null". Tried other IIteration interface api's to check whether I will get any information about this flag(to identify it as a backlog iteration), but no result.

Could you please suggest any more information about the solution that I am behind??


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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k33035) | answered Mar 09 '16, 6:54 p.m.
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The backlog iteration is declared in the process configuration of the project area.
In particular, the XML element <backlogIteration> defines the backlog iteration.
I don't know if there is a better way to get this information other than parsing the process configuration.
(As you discovered, the iteration type is unrelated to whether or not an iteration is the backlog iteration).

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