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How to copy a work item and create a new work item from RTC participant ?


Nagendra Prasad (174) | asked Nov 19 '18, 4:03 a.m.

 Hi, I am working on a project where i have to create exact copies of the work item when save button is clicked. I understand that it needs to be done through a participant. Please help me out with the server APIs to get this done. Any help is much appreciated.


I have tried below link and there's no code sample, seems like it was removed.

Thanks in advance.

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Ralph Schoon (63.1k33645) | answered Nov 20 '18, 2:23 a.m.
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 Several participant examples can be found here https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/?s=participant&submit=Search

More related api is here:https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/?s=work+item+attributes&submit=Search I am not sure there is a duplicate work item in the common or server API so you could readily use it. You can search the SDK though.

You can iterate the attributes and copy them/set the attribute in the copy relatively easily, if the work items are all in the same project area though.

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Nagendra Prasad commented Nov 20 '18, 5:08 a.m.

Thanks much for the answer and links Ralph, they were pretty useful. Is there a server API that returns list of all attributes of a work item ? There's workItem.getCustomAttributes() which returns custom attribute list, but i'm interested in all the attributes of a work items in particular. I saw an example of getting built-in attributes from a project area, but that's too much for a loop!


Ralph Schoon commented Nov 20 '18, 6:19 a.m. | edited Nov 20 '18, 6:19 a.m.
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See https://rsjazz.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/working-with-work-item-attributes/ section

Getting the Work Item's Attributes in the API

Check the IWorkItem and the IWorkItemCommon interfaces. Why would handling all attributes be too much for a loop? If you want to copy everything, you need to iterate everything.


Nagendra Prasad commented Nov 21 '18, 1:20 a.m.

We have close to 200 attributes in the project area. I'm guessing that iterating everything will take a toll on the performance.


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Ralph Schoon commented Nov 21 '18, 2:14 a.m.
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I am at a loss why anyone wants 200 attributes in a project area. There seems to be a serious "customize to death" issue with some of the deployments. This is also likely impacting the performance already.


Nagendra Prasad commented Nov 21 '18, 4:12 a.m.

Ha ha, you're right. We're undergoing a simplification process already. Anyhow, thank you for your inputs, i've got enough information to take off.

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