How to migrate relates to issues for ADO

General Questions
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I am looking for solutions that will migrate Relates to (child items) to ADO

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To migrate “Relates to” (child item) links from another system (like Jira) to Azure DevOps using Exalate, you’ll want to ensure that parent-child relationships and issue links are properly mapped during synchronization.

Here’s how you can approach this:

  1. Maintain Hierarchy and Links: Exalate allows you to map and maintain issue hierarchies and links (such as parent-child or “relates to”) between systems. For Azure DevOps, you can use the parentId field to establish these relationships.

  2. Sample Sync Scripts:

    • Outgoing sync (from source system):
      replica.parentId = workItem.parentId
    • Incoming sync (on Azure DevOps):
      if (replica.parentId) {
   def localParent = syncHelper.getLocalIssueKeyFromRemoteId(replica.parentId.toLong())
   if (localParent) {
      workItem.parentId = localParent.id
   }
}

    These scripts ensure that the parent-child relationship is preserved when migrating or syncing issues to Azure DevOps.

  3. Advanced Use Cases: If you need to map more complex hierarchies or different types of links (like “relates to” or custom relationships), you can further customize your sync rules. Exalate’s scripting engine and AI Assist can help generate or refine these scripts for your specific scenario. For more details and examples, check out the documentation on Jira and Azure DevOps integration and how to sync work items with a parent link in Exalate for Azure DevOps.

  4. Migration Considerations: While Exalate is primarily an integration tool, it can be used for migration. However, bulk operations may require additional planning due to node size limits and API constraints. See the migration guidelines here: Can I Use Exalate for Migration?.

By customizing your sync rules as shown above, you can migrate “relates to” (child) links into Azure DevOps and maintain the correct relationships between work items.

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I have the parent child link done for all the sub tasks but question here is on how to link the relates to Linked work items

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@Ariel_Aguilar appreciate your help here

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Hi pradheep,

You may want to take a look at: Jira Cloud Azure DevOps: Bi-directional hierarchy sync

Let me know if you have any further question.

Kind regards,

Ariel