Required tfs fields

Clark_b2x746

When defining fields for the work item synchronizer, I have several fields that don't have a JIRA equivalent and therefore has no jiraName.

I have set defaultIfNull to true, and the defaultValueJiraToTfs to an appropriate value.

The configuration utility complains of no jiraName (because I have multiple required fields defined similarly).

I have been unsuccessful in creating a TFS work item.

What am I missing?

Here is my config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<UseTfsWorkSynchronizer xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <useTfsFields>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>System.WorkItemType</tfsName>
      <jiraName />
      <limitSynchToDirection>None</limitSynchToDirection>
      <defaultValueJiraToTfs>Feature Team Issue</defaultValueJiraToTfs>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>true</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>System.Title</tfsName>
      <jiraName>summary</jiraName>
      <limitSynchToDirection>Both</limitSynchToDirection>
      <defaultValueTfsToJira>HSPSTFS</defaultValueTfsToJira>
      <defaultValueJiraToTfs>JIRA -</defaultValueJiraToTfs>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>true</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>Jira.IssueKey</tfsName>
      <jiraName>key</jiraName>
      <limitSynchToDirection>Jira2Tfs</limitSynchToDirection>
      <defaultValueJiraToTfs>JIRAxFer</defaultValueJiraToTfs>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>true</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>System.Description</tfsName>
      <jiraName>description</jiraName>
      <limitSynchToDirection>Both</limitSynchToDirection>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>false</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>myCompany.FeatureTeam.IssueType</tfsName>
      <jiraName />
      <limitSynchToDirection>None</limitSynchToDirection>
      <defaultValueJiraToTfs>SCR</defaultValueJiraToTfs>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>true</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>myCompany.FeatureTeam.Product</tfsName>
      <jiraName />
      <limitSynchToDirection>None</limitSynchToDirection>
      <defaultValueJiraToTfs>Online PM</defaultValueJiraToTfs>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>true</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
    <UseTfsField>
      <tfsName>myCompany.FeatureTeam.TargetVersion</tfsName>
      <jiraName />
      <limitSynchToDirection>None</limitSynchToDirection>
      <defaultValueJiraToTfs>[Next]</defaultValueJiraToTfs>
      <mappingValuesTfsToJira />
      <mappingValuesJiraToTfs />
      <defaultIfNull>true</defaultIfNull>
      <fieldDataType>TEXT</fieldDataType>
    </UseTfsField>
  </useTfsFields>
  <name>Jira Bugs XFER</name>
  <wiqlQuery>SELECT [myCompany.FeatureTeam.TargetVersion],  [myCompany.FeatureTeam.IssueType], [myCompany.FeatureTeam.Product], [System.Id], [System.WorkItemType], [System.Title], [System.State], [Jira.IssueKey], [System.Description], [System.ChangedDate] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.ChangedDate] &gt; '%2$s' AND [System.Id] &gt;= '%1$s' ORDER BY [System.ChangedDate] ASC </wiqlQuery>
  <jqlQuery>key = %1$s AND type = 'Bug'</jqlQuery>
  <entityId>-1</entityId>
  <synchronizeAttachments>None</synchronizeAttachments>
  <synchronizeComments>Both</synchronizeComments>
</UseTfsWorkSynchronizer>

 

 

Andrzej Pasterczyk

If you have fields that have no equivalent just don't add them to XML - the <useTfsFields> section should only contain fields that are going to be replicated.

If they're "static" values then you don't need to put anything in jiraName (you might be prompted to verify that but it should work anyway. Then set the synchronization direction properly. I see you have mixed <limitSynchToDirection> values, especially the ones with 'None' make me wonder - if you've set only <tfsName> and <defaultValueJiraToTfs> then I guess your synch direction should be 'Jira2Tfs' if you want that default value to appear in TFS.

Note: do not synch 'Jira.IssueKey' - it's automatically filed by UseTFS.

Have you looked at the work synchronizer sample XML file in client app directory ( default: C:\Program Files (x86)\UseTFS )?