Missing Links and Field Maps

Question

I created a document to represent what I see with my config file to show differences. Some of the items may not be resolved, but anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated.

• Not picking up all the user stories but have selected to get all Missing links
• Missing Epics (doing some research, it seems that the Epic Was migrated unparented; it is probably related to the issue with missing links, which is happening for almost all items
• Bugs have different fields (Description and Acceptance Criteria not migrated or not showing up)
• Description merging with Acceptance Criteria
• Attachments not coming and tried everything to have them come over even if when they are way under the limit
• History of comments not migrated
• Status not migrated
• Tests not associated with User Stories
• Some test cases were not migrated
• Load Tests were not migrated
• Test Runs not migrated

Migrated from: https://github.com/nkdAgility/azure-devops-migration-tools/issues/632

Answer 1

Yes, start with a fresh copy and see what falls out.

You can remove the old ones using:

    {
      "ObjectType": "WorkItemDeleteConfig",
      "Enabled": false,
      "QueryBit": "AND [System.WorkItemType] NOT IN ('Test Suite', 'Test Plan')",
      "OrderBit": "[System.ChangedDate] desc"
    },

Missing Epics (doing some research, it seems that the Epic Was migrated unparented; it is probably related to the issue with missing links, which is happening for almost all items

There was a bug with links that have now been resolved, but it seems that you need to migrate those items again.

Bugs have different fields (Description and Acceptance Criteria not migrated or not showing up)

If you have different fields on the source and target then you need to add a custom set of field maps.

Description merging with Acceptance Criteria

Do you have a field map that merges them?

    {
      "ObjectType": "FieldMergeMapConfig",
      "WorkItemTypeName": "*",
      "sourceField1": "System.Description",
      "sourceField2": "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.AcceptanceCriteria",
      "targetField": "System.Description",
      "formatExpression": "{0} <br/><br/><h3>Acceptance Criteria</h3>{1}",
      "doneMatch": "##DONE##"
    },

This is the example field map that is added to the template config.

Attachments not coming and tried everything to have them come over even if when they are way under the limit History of comments not migrated Status not migrated Tests not associated with User Stories

This is likely related to the previous issue and clearing the items should resolve it.

Some test cases were not migrated

Only things within scope for the WIQLQueryBit are migrated. I would check the scope and see if they are excluded. Test Cases are just Work Items.

Load Tests were not migrated

There is no way to migrate load tests, you will have to do these manually.

Test Runs not migrated

There is no way to migrate Test Runs.