问题
I am writing a utility to read all the defects out of a legacy bug tracking system, and import them into TFS (2008/2010). I am using the TFS API to create new WorkItems, set their fields, and then save them. However I am unable to modify the "Created By" and "Created Date" fields, as these are set by the system. (and there are other fields too which I would like to be able to force values for, such as setting the submitter to be someone who is not a valid TFS user)
// these fail with "The value for the field 'Created By' cannot be changed."
defectWorkItem.Fields["Created By"].Value = defect.Submitter;
defectWorkItem.Fields["Created Date"].Value = defect.SubmitDate;
Obviously if I can't set these fields, I'll end up with all the legacy bugs looking like they were created on the same date by the same person.
Is there a way I can use the API but force through changes to fields that are normally protected? I have looked into accessing the TFS database tables directly, but the schema looks complicated and I think it would be quite risky to attempt to modify the data there myself.
回答1:
You are allowed to set the Created Date and Created By fields if you are a service account and you turn on the bypass rules feature.
You can choose to bypass the rules when you create an instance of WorkItemStore class by using this flag: WorkItemStoreFlags.BypassRules.
Please note that you are allowed to set these fields only for the first revision of the work items.
回答2:
Just a suggestion: Insert this text at the start of the description of a work item when migrating:
- Migrated from System XXX
- Original creation date: 1/1 2012
- Original created by: John Doe
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12640672/programatically-forcing-field-values-for-a-tfs-workitem