TFPT - Is it possible to apply "projectreportsforceupload" functionality in tool ?

Question

Context - Existing TFS Project which has a project and a Sharepoint Site created.
Unable to get dashboards working so deleted sharepoint site.

Manually used

tfpt addprojectportal
and
tfpt addprojectreports

Unable to get all the dashboards added, tfpt tool text has :

Exception Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.PcwException
Exception Message: TF218023: A report folder already exists and has items for th
e following team project: /TfsReports/OOSA/Historian_Jupiter. SQL Server Reporti
ng Services is configured for the following team project collection: http://syd-
tfs01/Reports.
Exception Details: A report folder already exists and has items for the followin
g team project: /TfsReports/OOSA/Historian_Jupiter. SQL Server Reporting Service
s is configured for the following team project collection: http://syd-tfs01/Repo
rts. You must set the value for the following element in the XML file: ProjectRe
portsForceUpload. Unless this element is configured, new reports will not be upl
oaded to the folder that already contains other reports and folders for this tea
m project.
Stack Trace:

So found http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff462695.aspx but this talks about an XML file..

>> Is there a way to get tfpt to do this ? i.e. some XML file it is using that can be edited to set this ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Actully Ive hacked a tool like that together for internal use, Basicly it lists team projects, loops selected team projects, edits a template xml doc and fires the updates command...

Its sadly not in a shape to be publicly released :(

Answer 2

Hi Greg, 

Thanks for your post.

What’s the detailed option and argument information in your tfpt addprojectreports command line? 

Did you add the /force option in your tfpt addprojectreports command line? If yes, but you still received
that Exception, try to open your Reporting Service http://syd-tfs01/reports in IE, then go to TfsReports>>OOSA>>Historian_Jupiter, delete the report file under existed report folder.     

For the dashboards can’t work normally issue, I’m discussing with our TFS experts, and will provide the
better response in your previous post ASAP. So please avoid to cause other new or extend issues before we solve the dashboards issue.     

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John Qiao [MSFT]
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Answer 3

The /force worked

This must translate to setting  ProjectReportsForceUpload ?

However it did not resonse the problem of default v5.0 content missing on the Sharepoint side (note: preciously this did have all the content, but we deleted the site to try to resolve other issues and re-create it again)

I'll delete site and try again with a /force on the addproject action, NB: /force is not valid for adding a project

Thanks

Answer 4

Hi Greg, 

Thanks for your reply.

The /force option is available in Tfpt addprojectreports command line.  In the Tfpt addprojectportal command, there’s no the /force option.

The ProjectReportsForceUpload element is used in the setting xml file, when we create the Team Project use the Tfpt createteamproject /settingsfile … command line. We can’t use the ProjectReportsForceUpload element or the setting xml file in Tfpt addprojectportal command. For more information about Tfpt createteamproject command, please click Star>>  All
Programs>> MS TFS Power Tools>>Help>>Team Foundation Power Tool(TFPT.EXE)>>TFPT.EXE Commands>>createTeamProject.   

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John Qiao [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 5

For the scope of this issue of the /force, lets close this post.