CODEWITHSUNDEEP
exceltfs
Prisoner ZERO
Prisoner ZERO

Reputation: 14176

Migrating User Stories From One TFS Server To Another In Excel

I want to pull a set of user stories from a SOURCE TFS instance and put them into a TARGET TFS instance using Excel. I know other people have done this!

However, once I download the stories into Excel, I cannot rebind the spreadsheet to the TARGET TFS instance. I keep getting the following:

"The reconnect operation failed because the team project collection you selected does not host the team project the document references."

And, I dont see a way to clear the ID for the story or edit the document project/server references.

Q: How do I Migrate User Stories From One TFS Server To Another In Excel?

This should be easy!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 550

Answers (2)

MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood
MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood

Reputation: 23444

You need to create another excel sheet with the same columns that is bound to the new TFS server.

Then just copy and paste between them.

Upvotes: 3

chief7
chief7

Reputation: 14393

I think it would be easier to use the TFS API to read from one instance and copy them to another TFS instance. The following post provides an example:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bryang/2011/09/07/copying-tfs-work-items/

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions