We are moving from RTC to TFS and we need to somehow migrate our existing work items from RTC to TFS 2012. Is there a tool or plugin that would allow us to do this?
Considering that you can:
export work from RTC through Excel
bulk import work items to TFS through an Excel spreadsheet
You can try and see how an excel export / import could work to get all your work items from RTC to TFS.
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I need help in importing test cases from excel to TFS [Version 14.102.25423.0]. As we have to write thousands of old test cases in TFS which seems to be very time consuming task.
I've already tried using- Test Case Migrator Plus. But its not working bcz of-TCMP has stopped working error. I'm unable to find solution for this error. Also there is no alternative I could find for same on Google.
I have also tried using Team Addin for excel but this gives option of importing Data from TFS to Excel but not vise versa.
So Plz let me know if anybody knows any solution or any otheralternative for getting this done.Thanks in Advance!
Note: I've Visual Studio 2015 installed on my VM with Windows 7.
The simplest way to import your test case back to TFS is: Import your test cases from web portal by copy and save. Note you must switch to the grid view first.
For more details take a look at below two links:
Importing Test cases from Excel to TFS
Add feature in TFS to export and import test case to and from TFS with steps,actions and expected result details
If you have multiple/thousands of test cases which need to upload. While TFS does not offer an out-of-the-box feature as a perfect solution. The 3rd-party tool Test Case Migrator Plus you are using seems only until 2013 version and there isn’t the version which supports TFS 2015.
You could still use the grid view, if you use three columns in Excel, you can even import many test cases into TFS at once. Besides depending on what you have as input, you can also do it with a bit of code, e.g. in C#. Just append some text, split columns by \t and rows by \r\n. Use Clipboard.SetText() and then paste in TFS.
There also has been a related user voice, you could vote up to get more attention, TFS PM will kindly review your suggestion:
Exporting Test Cases with Steps to Word/Excel
https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/330519-visual-studio-team-services/suggestions/19582678-exporting-test-cases-with-steps-to-word-excel
I have a google doc that I'm using to update a table in a sql table and at the moment I do it manually; copy and paste the data from the google doc. into excel, remove the columns that I don't need then save as a CSV and upload.
I'm wondering if there is a way that I can automate this? The report it's for is daily and the upload is becoming a bit of a bore!
You can also go the python-route by utilising the following python libraries: gspread, oauth2client, pandas and sqlalchemy (source). If you want to automate it, use cron or crontab to run your python-script on a hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis.
What DBMS do you use?
If you use Microsoft SQL Server, you can use SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services), the easiest way to do this for a novice would be to right-click on the database in SQL Server Management Studio --> Tasks --> Import Data, then follow the wizard to set up the data source (flat file / Excel file etc.) and the data destination (DB table). Once you've finished with the wizard, you can save the package and re-use it later on (or even automate it via SQL Agent job). You can edit the package in Visual Studio (aka SQL Server Data Tools) prior to deployment/automation if needed.
More on SSIS: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms169917.aspx
I am working on CRM 2013 and want to migrate the javascript,UI changes done on one copy of CRM 2013 to another copy of CRM 2013.Both databases of CRM 2013 are of same organizations(means having exact same structure) only difference is one contains latest clients data.
Is there any good tool which can automate this process?
Thanks
Why don't you want to use standard approach called solutions?
To migrate changes you can create Solution, add changed components into it, export solution from source system and then import this solution to target system.
I have been given the task to Load all our company's project data from MS Project into SQL Server to be able to create reports and dashboards from the project data.
I know you can export a specific projects data into a access database, but every project must have it's own access database. So my first thoughts was to create some kind of dynamic access SSIS connector and ETL. So that the project managers export their projects to access and the SSIS package takes care of the rest.
Is there a simpler way of doing this?
My company also have a SharePoint infrastructure as well as SAP BusinessObjects infrastructure. Is there a way I can accomplish this by the use of SharePoint or bobj
The simplest but costy way is called MS Project Server - it stores all data in MS SQL database already, has precalculated reporting database and so on. Here is a link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh973404.aspx. The last version can be either installed locally or hosted by Microsoft.
Another option I see is to use kind of automation around MS Project which will load project plan, extract all interested information and upload to to your database. There is no big magic in this solution.
The third option is to export projects to XML and then use the XML to upload data to SQL Server database. This solution is also doable through Project automation
After defining your database and column structure in SQL Server, just use Project VBA to A) collect the project and task data into an array, B) set a connection string to your database, then C) send it. I have created several applications around this procedure and it works very well.
I enjoy using SQL Server Management Studio for change and updating my database. Its easier, faster, and safer than writing changes myself.
I was looking into using some sort of version control for databases and read about using a SQL Server Database Project in Visual Studio 2010.
I scripted out an existing database and imported it into a new SQL Server Database Project. Now, from what I can tell, there is no GUI to edit the database; I can't add columns, change datatypes, or edit existing data without scripting it myself. For instance, in SQL Server Management Studio I can right click on a table-name and select "Design" and then add/edit columns, change datatypes, etc from there.
While Visual Studio's Database Projects has some features SQL Management Studio does not have I don't think I can live without a "table designer".
Is there a table designer built into VS's Database Project I'm just not seeing?
No, there's no table designer.
If you're starting to think about version controlling your database, you ought also to be thinking about writing actual SQL to implement your database objects. That's the route that the Database Projects force you down. If you can't write the SQL for your database changes, how are you going to be able to review and appreciate a diff between how a table was 6 months ago, and how it currently is in your project?
I've been using VS2008 Database Projects for about 10 months now for our version control. Every now and then I do still use the table designer, it is a quick and easy tool. I believe the majority of your question centers around workflow as this is what I found to be the most challenging part about development in a version controlled environment. I would recommend continuing to design your objects in Management Studio or however you're comfortable and then do a create script and import that script into your Database project. There are some quirks when doing this, you'll need to always script the create statement even if you're performing an alter in your environment. As well you'll need to remove any USE statements for your database as the context in which you're importing your scripts will always be in the project you're importing to.
We have found that a successful workflow for us to facilitate code deployment is to have a production branch which is branched to a Main (development branch) and then to test. All new development is done in Main and merged by changeset to each other environment as required.
You can import your scripts from your development environment by right clicking in the solution and clicking import scripts. I recommend that you check all the options to overwrite objects that exist, import extended properties and import permissions.
After changing your DB schema using SSMS's GUI tool, you can use Database project's Schema Compare tool to update your project files (set the source to be your database and target to be your project). This way you can keep using GUI tool to manage the schema and the database project will manage the versioning.
There is no visual table designer in Visual Studio 2010 Database Project. But, concerning version control for databases, there is a workaround - you can use SQL Server Management Studio together with Red Gate's SQL Source Control. It costs some money but definitely is worth it.