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im importissue
imports an issue into Windchill RV&S
Synopsis
im importissue [--createdDate=value] [--createdUser=value] [--type=type] [--addSourceTrace=value] [--addSourceLink=value] [--addAttachment=value] [--addRelationships=value] [--customFieldDefinition=value] [--customFieldValue=value] [--field=value] [--richContentField=value] [--hostname=server] [--port=number] [--password=password] [--user=name] [(-?|--usage)] [(-F file|--selectionFile=file)] [-g|--gui] [(-N|--no)] [--quiet] [(-Y|--yes)] [--[no]batch] [--settingsUI=[gui|default]] [--cwd=directory] [--status=[none|gui|default]] [--forceConfirm=[yes|no]]
Description
im importissue imports an issue into the Windchill RV&S database, creating a new issue to represent it. For example:
im importissue --createdDate="12/13/2008 7:00:00 AM" --type=Defect
imports the Defect item created on 12/13/2008 at 7:00:00 AM, and creates a new item to represent it.
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The Admin permission is required to use the im importissue command.
Options
This command takes the universal options available to all im commands, as well as some general options. See the options reference page for descriptions.
--createdDate=value
specifies the date that the issue was originally created on. This option supports the following timestamp formats: MM/dd/yy h:mm:ss a z, MM/dd/yy h:mm:ss a, and MM/dd/yy hh:mm a (where a is AM or PM, and z is a timezone name, for example, for example, CEST, CET, EST, PST, or GMT+/-hours:minutes). Dates that occur in the future cannot be specified. If this option is not specified, the date and time that the command is run is recorded as the created date.
--createdUser=value
specifies the user name of the user who originally created the issue If this option is not specified, the user running the command is recorded as the created user.
--type=type
specifies the type of issue to create in the database.
--addSourceTrace=value
adds a trace to a source file, where value is of the form
"field=scmSourceFieldName,server=scmServerName,port=scmPortNumber,file=fileName,project=scmProjectName[,devpath=devpathName][,projectRevision=revision] [,start=startLineNumber][,end=endLineNumber]"
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If you specify a configuration path for project=scmProjectName then devpath=devpathName and projectRevision=revision cannot be specified.
You cannot add the same source trace more than once. In order to be considered a new source trace, the trace must have a unique combination of the following attributes: member name, server name, server port, project, project revision, development path, revision, start line number, and end line number.
--addSourceLink=value
adds a link to a source file, where value is of the form
"field=scmSourceFieldName,revision=memberRevisionID, server=scmServerName,port=scmPortNumber,[file=fileName|subproject=subprojectName|isProject],project=scmProjectName[,devpath=devpathName][,projectRevision=revision] [,start=startLineNumber][,end=endLineNumber]"
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If you specify a configuration path for project=scmProjectName then devpath=devpathName and projectRevision=revision cannot be specified.
You cannot add the same source link more than once. In order to be considered a new source link, the link must have a unique combination of the following attributes: member name, server name, server port, project, project revision, development path, revision, start line number, and end line number.
--addAttachment=value
adds attachments, where value is of the form
"field=fieldName,path=pathToFile[,name=nameOfAttachment][,summary=shortDescription]".
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Attachment size limits are set by your administrator. The default attachment size limit is 4 MB.
--addRelationships=value
specifies the related issues for the issue, where value is of the form [fieldname]:id[linkflags][,...].
--field=value
specifies a value for the field, of the form fieldName=fieldValue.
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It is possible to set the state value to any state in the workflow, including an the end state if there is one.
--richContentField=value
specifies a rich content field and its value, where value is of the form "richcontentfieldname=fieldValue".
To specify a link to an item by ID:
<a href="mks:///item?itemid=ID">DisplayText</a>
For example: <a href="mks:///item?itemid=4547">Part Requirement</a>
To specify a link to an item by ID and label:
<a href="mks:///item?itemid=ID&label=LABEL">DisplayText</a>
For example: <a href="mks:///item?itemid=4547&label=EDF-343">Part Requirement, Label EDF-343</a>
To specify a link to an item by ID and revision:
<a href="mks:///item?itemid=ID&revision=REVISION">DisplayText</a>
For example: <a href="mks:///item?itemid=4547&revision=1.2">Part Requirement, Revision 1.2</a>
To specify a link to an item by ID and date:
<a href="mks:///item?itemid=ID&asof=DATETIME">DisplayText</a>
,where date is in the format for your locale; such as US date formats "mm/dd/yy", "mm/dd/yyyy", or "mmm d, yyyy" with the time "h:mm:ss a".
For example: <a href="mks:///item?itemid=4547&asof=03/25/2012 12:04:00 AM">Part Requirement, March 25, 2012 12:04am</a>
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In the korn shell command line interface, HTML tags must be surrounded by quotes, for example,"<b>Feature Overview</b>". In the Windows command line interface (cmd.exe), the ^ escape character must precede the < and > characters in HTML tags, for example, ^<b^>Feature Overview^</b^> . You may need to escape nested " characters, for example, --richContentField=Description="<a href=\"mks:///item?itemid=4547\">Part Requirement</a>".
See Also
Commands: im deleteissue
Miscellaneous: options