How to Sync Work Items with a Parent Link in Exalate for Azure DevOps

In Azure DevOps, parent links are used to break down work items into smaller items, for example, break down features into stories or stories into tasks.

With Exalate, you can create a parent relation by using the parent id of the related work item.

Azure DevOps

Outgoing sync

replica.parentId = workItem.parentId

Incoming sync

if (replica.parentId) {
   def localParent = syncHelper.getLocalIssueKeyFromRemoteId(replica.parentId.toLong())
   if (localParent) {
      workItem.parentId = localParent.id
   }
}