Duplicating Gannt chart plan on test machine
I'm trying to duplicate some of our Gantt Chart plans to a test machine. I've tried this 2 separate ways.
1. Export work items related to Plans from production machine and import into test machine. Copy process spec from production to test. Create new plan on test machine.
After creating the plan I get NullPointer errors when bringing up the Plan. This appears to be related to work items exported over that are "In Progress". I'm assuming because the plan doesn't know when the work item was marked "In Progress" due to the History saying it was just created on test machine and thus doesn't know when to start the work item in the Gantt Chart.
2. I exported the Plan to xml file and then imported into test machine. This also imported the work items included in the plan.
This method doesn't get the NullPointer but that's because all the work items moved over are listed in "Open" state now even if they aren't in the production machine. The problem here is work items that were marked "In Progress" are now scheduled, where in the production machine they're already started.
Is there a way to duplicate the plan correctly without having to fully clone the project?
Or is there a way to mark a work item as "In Progress" with a date from the past? For example, if a team member started working on a work item but forgot to mark In Progress?
1. Export work items related to Plans from production machine and import into test machine. Copy process spec from production to test. Create new plan on test machine.
After creating the plan I get NullPointer errors when bringing up the Plan. This appears to be related to work items exported over that are "In Progress". I'm assuming because the plan doesn't know when the work item was marked "In Progress" due to the History saying it was just created on test machine and thus doesn't know when to start the work item in the Gantt Chart.
2. I exported the Plan to xml file and then imported into test machine. This also imported the work items included in the plan.
This method doesn't get the NullPointer but that's because all the work items moved over are listed in "Open" state now even if they aren't in the production machine. The problem here is work items that were marked "In Progress" are now scheduled, where in the production machine they're already started.
Is there a way to duplicate the plan correctly without having to fully clone the project?
Or is there a way to mark a work item as "In Progress" with a date from the past? For example, if a team member started working on a work item but forgot to mark In Progress?