Add TFS Work Item Areas by XML import

Question

I have a question, I am not sure whether it is possible or not.

I have to add few child of the Work Item Area in all the TFS projects by XML import.

For Work Item Types, We can do the same by importing the xml for all projects and it will update the work item type.

in the same way is it possible to import xml for work item area ?

Answer 1

There is a tool for TFS 2010 to export and import areas and iterations. See this link for details. It works upon text files, but as the source code is available, you should be able to adjust it to your requirements and - if required - to a newer TFS version.

Instead of adjusting the tool to take XML files as an import, you could also convert your XML files to the format that the tool uses, e.g. by using XSLT.

For some samples on how to create areas and iterations programmatically, see these links:

• Bulk update of TFS areas with ICommonStructureService
• TFS API Part 10: Add Area/Iteration Programmatically