automatic hyperlinking during import
Is there anyway to disable the hyperlinking during the import process?
We're migrating from one RTC system to another and have export the workitems into a csv file and when we import the workitems into the new system the auto hyperlinking is creating bogus references...and it's not even confined to our project area...so we're polluting work items in other teams project areas. I'm hoping there's some way to tag descriptions/comments and not have the hyperlinking occur. Thanks in advance. |
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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Sep 15 '11, 10:19 a.m.
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One approach would be to run a quick editing script on your csv file to
modify the description/comment fields, so that the description/comment fields have been adjusted to no longer look like work item references. Cheers, Geoff On 9/15/2011 9:53 AM, dtownsmr wrote: Is there anyway to disable the hyperlinking during the import process? |
One approach would be to run a quick editing script on your csv file to modify the description/comment fields, so that the description/comment fields have been adjusted to no longer look like work item references. Thanks Geoff, have thought about doing that but I have yet to find any documentation on what the hyper-link code keys off of. I'd like it to be robust and not just based on the examples I can happen to run across. It's not very reasonable to check all 3500 of our work items. |
Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Sep 15 '11, 10:33 p.m.
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I assume you are referring to the "mention" links.
Those look for: - any string in a comment or description that matches the name of the work item type that is followed by an integer (e.g. "defect 23", if you have a "defect" work item type. - any string declared in your process configuration as an "alias" for a work item type. Cheers, Geoff On 9/15/2011 1:53 PM, dtownsmr wrote: gmclemmwrote: |
I assume you are referring to the "mention" links. gmclemmwrote: It also seems to create a link for the text of a work item followed by the number in parens. ex. PMR tabs loose focus within Retain Viewer on an inconsistent basis (16584) So I assumed there might be others but maybe you're right and it is that simple. |
Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Sep 16 '11, 10:01 p.m.
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Those work item links of the form "summary (id)" are created when you
select the "copy URL" function on a work item, and then paste that into the Description or Comment field. It's some kind of rich text ... I don't know exactly how that is implemented (perhaps someone could comment on that?). Cheers, Geoff On 9/16/2011 3:38 PM, dtownsmr wrote: gmclemmwrote: It also seems to create a link for the text of a work item followed by the number in parens. ex. PMR tabs loose focus within Retain Viewer on an inconsistent basis (16584) So I assumed there might be others but maybe you're right and it is that simple. |
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