Updating Nested EntityState for UserStories

Dave Anderson

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Nov 20, 2016, 11:29:40 AM11/20/16

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Hi,

I'd appreciate some help transitioning a user story from one nested state to another

Here are the states I think I'm dealing with. Got from:

https://ncarb.tpondemand.com/api/v1/EntityStates?where=(Workflow.Process.Id eq 4) and (Workflow.EntityType.Id eq 4) and (Workflow.Name eq 'IS Team Workflow') and (ParentEntityState.Id eq 250)

{
  "Items": [
    {
      "ResourceType": "EntityState",
      "Id": 269,
      "Name": "In Testing",
      "IsInitial": false,
      "IsFinal": false,
      "IsPlanned": false,
      "IsCommentRequired": false,
      "NumericPriority": 4,
      "EntityType": {
        "ResourceType": "EntityType",
        "Id": 4,
        "Name": "UserStory"
      },
      "Role": null,
      "Process": null,
      "ParentEntityState": {
        "ResourceType": "EntityState",
        "Id": 250,
        "Name": "Review",
        "NumericPriority": 1.5
      },
      "Workflow": {
        "ResourceType": "Workflow",
        "Id": 51,
        "Name": "IS Team Workflow"
      }
    },
    {
      "ResourceType": "EntityState",
      "Id": 270,
      "Name": "Ready for Signoff",
      "IsInitial": false,
      "IsFinal": false,
      "IsPlanned": false,
      "IsCommentRequired": false,
      "NumericPriority": 5,
      "EntityType": {
        "ResourceType": "EntityType",
        "Id": 4,
        "Name": "UserStory"
      },
      "Role": null,
      "Process": null,
      "ParentEntityState": {
        "ResourceType": "EntityState",
        "Id": 250,
        "Name": "Review",
        "NumericPriority": 1.5
      },
      "Workflow": {
        "ResourceType": "Workflow",
        "Id": 51,
        "Name": "IS Team Workflow"
      }
    }
  ]
}

I can transition from "In Progress" to "In Testing" via

{Id:1000, EntityState: {Id:250}}

using the ParentState.Id

I'm not sure how to indicate "Ready for Sign-off

when I try

{Id:1000, EntityState: {Id:270}}

using the child Id, the error I receive is:

Transition from 165 In Progress to









{"Status":"Forbidden","Message":"Cannot create nested parent resource of EntityState type (property EntityState). References to already existed parent resources are acceptable only.","Type":"Presentational","Details":{"Items":[{"Type":"Simple","Message":{"Token":"Cannot create nested parent resource of {typeName} type (property {propertyName}). References to already existed parent resources are acceptable only.","Data":{"typeName":"EntityState","propertyName":"EntityState"},"Value":"Cannot create nested parent resource of EntityState type (property EntityState). References to already existed parent resources are acceptable only."}}]},"ErrorId":"e0ef6c93-267b-4106-af01-05d535c1eaf9"}

What's the right way to transition to from one child to another: from In Testing to Ready for Signoff?

Regards,

Dave

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tsar...@targetprocess.com

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Nov 21, 2016, 4:18:29 AM11/21/16

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Hello!

Sometimes you can cheat and look at XHRs in browser during changing state to one you need :)

POST tp_url/api/v1/userStories.asmx/88?skip=0&take=999&resultInclude=[id,assignedTeams[id,entityState[id]]]  
{  
   "id":88,              // Entity id.
   "assignedTeams":[     // Assignment (User story, Bug, etc.) to Team link.
      {  
         "id":5,         // TeamAssignment id (tp_url/api/v1/TeamAssignments).
         "team":{          
            "id":66      // Team id assigned to entity (tp_url/api/v1/Teams).
         },
         "entityState":{  
            "id":270     // New entity state.
         }
      }
   ]
}

Hope, this helps.

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Dave Anderson

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It helps. Thank you.

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