I am trying to update a DevOps work item parent via the DevOps API. This work item already has a parent, and I am trying to replace it with a new parent (see ParentId variable below).
private JsonPatchDocument CreatePathDocumentParent(Defect defect, string ParentId, bool isNew)
{
return new JsonPatchDocument
{
new JsonPatchOperation()
{
Operation = Operation.Add,
Path = "/relations/-",
Value = new
{
rel = "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Reverse",
url = _uri +"/"+ Project + "/_apis/wit/workItems/"+ ParentId,
attributes = new
{
comment = "updated link parent WIT"
}
}
},
};
}
When I run the update as per below, the update does not go through. I do not get an error or anything of the sort, just the existing parent remains on the work item without any changes:
JsonPatchDocument patchDocument = CreatePathDocumentParent(defect, parentId, false);
WorkItem result = _workItemTrackingHttpClient.UpdateWorkItemAsync(patchDocument, devOpsId).Result;
Do I need to use Operation.Replace in my JsonPatchDocument? Or do I need to remove the existing parent link before adding a new one? I would really appreciate any syntax suggestions on this one.
