Export/Import of Work Items - How to retain IDs?

T M (887●6●187●143) | asked Sep 04 '12, 8:46 a.m.

Is there a way to export the work items from one RTC repository and import them to the new RTC repository and still retain the ID’s?

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sam detweiler commented Sep 04 '12, 9:28 a.m. | edited Sep 04 '12, 9:28 a.m.

no.. IDs are NOT importable.. they are a generated value. (thus why moving data is so complicated)

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Kevin Ramer (4.5k●6●173●191) | answered Sep 04 '12, 9:14 a.m.

I wouldn't think so as the IDs start @ 1 and increase for each new work item created in the repository. I'd also wager the ID are immutable property in the back-end database, or at least a database generated value is stored. You're bound to hit clashes of ID quicker than you'd guess.

Kevin

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T M (887●6●187●143) | answered Sep 04 '12, 9:52 a.m.

Can't we have a custom id field like in ClearQuest and increment the number on creation?

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sam detweiler commented Sep 05 '12, 7:37 a.m.

sure.. you can put anything in a custom field.. but the workitem base NUMBER will change..

retained to me is keep the workitem ID the same.. that cannot be done

0	permanent link T M (887●6●187●143) \| answered Sep 05 '12, 5:10 a.m. With some UUID manipulation can we retain the IDs? Just a thought! Comments Kevin Ramer commented Sep 05 '12, 5:13 a.m. I think your question has been answered. Anything else would be conjecture.

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T M (887●6●187●143) | answered Sep 05 '12, 7:59 a.m.
edited Sep 05 '12, 8:12 a.m.

Workaround (for the benefit of others):

I had WIs with IDs from 124 to 925 on RTC server A. I had to move all the WIs to RTC server B with the same ID numbers. I created dummy WIs on RTC server B using dummy CSV file (dummy rows) with IDs from 1 to 925. Then I updated the WIs with the actual CSV file that I exported from RTC server A. So all of my WIs got updated and the dummy WIs (1 to 123) were moved to a different project and I will delete those WIs one a day :)

0	permanent link sam detweiler (12.5k●6●189●201) \| answered Sep 05 '12, 10:14 a.m. interesting but only works ONCE if the server is new.. my servers are at workitems 117580 and 43865 adding adds to the end..

0	permanent link T M (887●6●187●143) \| answered Sep 06 '12, 6:20 a.m. Is there a way to get "History" info when RTC WIs are exported/imported?

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