Move task from one parent to another and fix rollup hours on previous parent

[jasondavidcamp]

We tend to change the parent of a task from one PBI to another which makes our "Rollup Completed Work" rule only work for the new parent. Are there any helpful tips on solving this issue?

  if (self.HasParent() && self.Parent.TypeName != "Task")
  {
      var parent = self.Parent;
      parent["Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork"] = parent.Children.Sum(task => task.GetField<double>("Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork", 0d));
      logger.Log(LogLevel.Information, "Rollup completed work hours from child {0} #{1} to parent {2} #{3}", self.TypeName, self.Id, parent.TypeName, parent.Id);
  }

[jessehouwing]

Go back 1 revision, check the old parent, update where needed.

[jasondavidcamp]

I like that idea. Thanks for the guidance.

[jasondavidcamp]

It doesn't look like I can use the Parent property on the self.PreviousRevision

[jessehouwing]

It exposes a WorkItemLinks field, use it to grab the parent.

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[jasondavidcamp]

When I use WorkItemLinks on the PreviousRevision, it seems to always come back empty.
var linkcount = self.PreviousRevision.WorkItemLinks.Count();

Maybe I'm having the same issue as willstones did here

[jasondavidcamp]

since links on PreviousRevsion don't work, I ended up creating 2 rules

<!-- subtract completed work hours when a child work item is removed -->
<rule name="RecalculateCompletedWorkForBereavedParent" appliesTo="Bug,Change Request,Epic,Feature,Requirement">
    <![CDATA[
    var currentCompletedWork = self.GetField<double>("Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork", 0d);
    var recomputedCompletedWork = self.Children.Sum(task => task.GetField<double>("Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork", 0d));
    if (System.Math.Round(currentCompletedWork,2) != System.Math.Round(recomputedCompletedWork,2))
    {
        self["Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork"] = recomputedCompletedWork;
        logger.Log(LogLevel.Warning, "{0} Fixed completed work hours on {1} #{2} from {3} hours to {4} hours", System.DateTime.Now, self.TypeName, self.Id, currentCompletedWork, recomputedCompletedWork);
    }
    ]]>
</rule>