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Posted on by mnshah 12

Hello,

 

My creating a flow which grabs values off of a SharePoint (coming from PowerApps) and creating an work item in Azure DevOps. When I use "Create a work item (Azure DevOps)". Even though I leave the "Assigned To" (under Show Advanced Options) it assigns the task to me.

Gone through this thread: Solved: Re: Azure Devops Connector - Create Work Item for ... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

I have to added "Send a HTTP request to Azure DevOps" after "Create a work item (Azure DevOps)" with the following:
Relative URI: {Project name}/_apis/wit/workitems/$issue?api-version=7.1-preview.3
Headers: Content-Type: application/json-patch+json
Body:
{
"op":"add",
"path":"/fields/System.AssignedTo",
"from":null,
"value":""
}

The error I get is:

"status": 400,
  "message": "You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.
Details: {\"$id\":\"1\",\"innerException\":null,\"message\":\"You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.\",\"typeName\":\"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common.VssPropertyValidationException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common\",\"typeKey\":\"VssPropertyValidationException\",\"errorCode\":0,\"eventId\":3000}",
  "error": {
    "message": "You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.\
Details: {\"$id\":\"1\",\"innerException\":null,\"message\":\"You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.\",\"typeName\":\"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common.VssPropertyValidationException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common\",\"typeKey\":\"VssPropertyValidationException\",\"errorCode\":0,\"eventId\":3000}"
  },
  "source": "vsts-ce.azconn-ce-001.p.azurewebsites.net"
}



I want to create a work item with the following:
Type: Issue
Description field should have the following data from SharePoint: (Priority, Created By, Email)
Link URL: URL column from SharePoint
Assigned To: null
State: New

  • mnshah Profile Picture
    mnshah 12 on at
    Re: Azure Devops Connector - Create Work Item for Unassigned

    This is what I have now:
    [
    {
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/fields/System.Title",
    "from": null,
    "value": "sample"
    },
    {
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/fields/System.AssignedTo",
    "from": null,
    "value": ""
    },
    {
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/fields/System.Description",
    "from": null,
    "value": "Description: unassigned"
    },
    {
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/fields/System.Link URL",
    "from": null,
    "value": "bi assigned"
    }
    ]

    and the error message now:

    {
      "status": 400,
      "message": "You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.
    Details: {\"$id\":\"1\",\"innerException\":null,\"message\":\"You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.\",\"typeName\":\"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common.VssPropertyValidationException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common\",\"typeKey\":\"VssPropertyValidationException\",\"errorCode\":0,
      "error": {
        "message": "You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.
    Details: {\"$id\":\"1\",\"innerException\":null,\"message\":\"You must pass a valid patch document in the body of the request.\",\"typeName\":\"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common.VssPropertyValidationException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common\",\"typeKey\":\"VssPropertyValidationException\",\"errorCode\":0,\
      },
      "source": "vsts-ce.azconn-ce-001.p.azurewebsites.net"
    }

    Looks like its asking ID to be mentioned. But that's autogenerated right?
  • Expiscornovus Profile Picture
    Expiscornovus 31,641 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Azure Devops Connector - Create Work Item for Unassigned

    Hi @mnshah,

     

    The body seems to be missing the square brackets. Also it looks like you haven't included a Title for your work item. Afaik that property is is required to be able to save a new work item.

     

    Can you try the below as the setup with that Body payload?

     

    URI

     

    @{variables('Project')}/_apis/wit/workitems/$Issue?api-version=7.1-preview.3

     

     

    Headers

     

    {
 "Content-Type": "application/json-patch+json"
}

     

     

    Body

     

    [
 {
 "op": "add",
 "path": "/fields/System.Title",
 "from": null,
 "value": "Sample Issue"
 },
 {
 "op": "add",
 "path": "/fields/System.AssignedTo",
 "from": null,
 "value": ""
 }
]

     

     

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