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Synchronizing records between TopTeam and TFS repositories using TopTeam VSTS Connector

Synchronizing records between TopTeam and TFS repositories using TopTeam VSTS Connector

Overview

This article will help you to understand how to synchronize records of the selected Record Types and their Links between TopTeam and Visual Studio Team System (VSTS or TFS).

Who should read this?

  • TopTeam Users

What does synchronizing records between TopTeam Repository and VSTS mean?

When you Synchronize Records, you are adding, updating and deleting Records and their Links between TopTeam Repository and VSTS.

Who can synchronize records between TopTeam and Team Foundation Repositories?

The user must have permissions for adding records to, and be a member of, the Team System project from which records will be synchronized.

Step 1. Run TopTeam Connector for VSTS

Refer to the article Configuring TopTeam Connector for Visual Studio Team System.

Step 2. Choose the Synchronize Data option

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Step 3. Read the Synchronize Records information and click Next

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Step 4. Select the TopTeam and Team System projects that you want to synchronize

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Step 5. Choose an Execution Profile (optional)

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The Connector will start the synchronization process using an existing execution profile.

Step 6. The following page is shown when the Preview Records option is selected

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Step 7. Start the Synchronization

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Step 8. Select the options for using an existing profile to display and modify the profile

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All the pages of the Synchronization Profile will be displayed. You can modify these settings as required.
Refer to the article Creating Execution Profile for TopTeam VSTS Connector for modifying the Synchronization Profile.

Step 9. Specify the settings to be used for synchronization

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Refer to the article Creating Execution Profile for TopTeam VSTS Connector for defining custom synchronization settings.

Step 10. Define your own custom settings

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Step 11. Save the execution profile

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Step 12. Enter a Name and Description (optional) for the Execution Profile

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After saving the profile you can begin the Synchronization process.

The following images show the synchronized records in VSTS:

Requirements Tree

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Screen Mockups

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Use Cases and Use Case Flow Diagrams

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Test Case Steps

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Test Case Steps and Tested Requirements tab

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Test Case Steps and All Links tab

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Traceability

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Work Items Tree

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See Also

Creating Execution Profile for TopTeam VSTS Connector
Creating synchronization parameter file for TopTeam VSTS Connector
Defining Synchronization Scheme for TopTeam VSTS Connector
Creating custom Work Item Types or Work Item Type fields on TFS using TopTeam VSTS Connector

Revised:April 26th, 2018

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