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1 TopicAzure Python how to link child/related tickets to an already created ticket?
I am trying to use the azure-devops python pip package in order to migrate a large amount of Epic/Story/Feature tickets into Azure Devops. I can create singular tickets just fine, but I'm having trouble linking those tickets together by specifying the hierarchy (ticket A is a parent to child tickets B / C / D) In order to create an EPIC ticket I'm running code like this: #set field jpo = JsonPatchOperation() jpo.from_ = None jpo.op = "add" jpo.path = "/fields/Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.FinishDate" jpo.value = default_field jpos.append(jpo) #create work item createdWorkItem = wit_client.create_work_item( document=jpos, project=project.id, type="EPIC", validate_only=validate_only, bypass_rules=bypass_rules, suppress_notifications=suppress_notifications ) Which works, but now I'm trying to figure out how to give this Epic ticket a linked Child ticket. In the github repo for this azure-devops python package, I can see that in the definition for `create_work_item` there is a string variable `expand` which has an option for `Relations` https://github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-python-api/blob/master/azure-devops/azure/devops/v5_1/work_item_tracking/work_item_tracking_client.py#L1578 ``` :param str expand: The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }. ``` It's also discussed in the official azure-devops documentation for the create_work_item function: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/wit/work-items/create?view=azure-devops-rest-6.0#workitemexpand But if I add `expand='Relations'` to my code it results in an error: createdWorkItem = wit_client.create_work_item( document=jpos, project=project.id, type="EPIC", validate_only=validate_only, bypass_rules=bypass_rules, suppress_notifications=suppress_notifications, expand='Relations' ) `TypeError: WorkItemTrackingClient.create_work_item() got an unexpected keyword argument 'expand'` Am I using this 'expand' variable correctly? Or is there a different way I should add a child ticket to an epic in azure using python? Thanks1.5KViews0likes1Comment