RTC 6.0.2 Import massively Work Items including IDs

Bledar Cili (3●1●1●3) | asked Aug 08 '17, 10:34 a.m.

Hello community,

I have a question related to: "Importing work items from a CSV file" as described here https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYMRC_6.0.2/com.ibm.team.workitem.doc/topics/t_importing_work_items_csv_file.html

Is it possible to assign a predefined ID to the newly imported/created Work Item? So instead of letting RTC assign the ID (according to the built in rules) I wish I could assign the ID through the CSV file itself.

Thanks in advance.

Bledar

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Matt Muller (583●1●29●66) | answered Aug 08 '17, 10:53 a.m.

Hi Bledar,

You do not want to force Work Item ID's or this will cause issues; I've seen a way to do this but it causes issues to the built in rules and then re-sets the numbering of the ID's... nightmare and nightmare to then fix.

If you want to keep reference to something else - I'd suggest adding in the Summary or Description or a separate attributes. My advise (I'm not IBM) do not mess with the WI ID's

Regards

Matt Muller

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Bledar Cili commented Aug 11 '17, 3:41 a.m.

Hello Matt,

thank you for the advice :) .

Also from IBM support the answer was similar to yours.

Thanks,

Bledar

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