Azure DevOps Export Import query to different project - tfs

Question

Tried searching if there's any out of the box method to export import queries in new projects. Seems like there isn't any.
Can it be achieved by code? If yes, would like to know how.
Appreciate any tips.
Regards,

Answer 1

You can use the rest api to read and create queries: Queries
Powershell example to export queries into local folder:
$user = ""
$token = "<pat>" #https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=preview-page
$teamProject = "team_project_name"
$orgUrl = "https://dev.azure.com/<org>"
$sourceQueryFolder = "Shared Queries/Change Management"
$targetLocalFolder = "c:/temp/Change Management Queries"
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $user,$token)))
$queriesUrl = "$orgUrl/$teamProject/_apis/wit/queries/$sourceQueryFolder"+"?`$depth=1&`$expand=all&api-version=5.0"
function InvokeGetRequest ($GetUrl)
{
return Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $GetUrl -Method Get -ContentType "application/json" -Headers #{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)}
}
$resQuries = InvokeGetRequest $queriesUrl
if (![System.IO.Directory]::Exists($targetLocalFolder))
{
New-Item -Path $targetLocalFolder -ItemType "directory"
}
if ($resQuries.isFolder -and $resQuries.hasChildren)
{
foreach($item in $resQuries.children)
{
if (!$item.isFolder)
{
$queryJson = "{`"name`":`"{queryname}`", `"wiql`":`"{querywiql}`"}"
$queryJson = $queryJson -replace "{queryname}", $item.name
$queryJson = $queryJson -replace "{querywiql}", $item.wiql
$filepath = "$targetLocalFolder/" + $item.name
Set-Content -Path $filepath -Value $queryJson
}
}
}
Powershell example to import queries from local folder:
$user = ""
$token = "<pat>" #https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=preview-page
$teamProject = "team_project_name"
$orgUrl = "https://dev.azure.com/<org>"
$sourceLocalFolder = "c:/temp/Change Management Queries"
$targetQueryFolder = "Shared Queries/Change Management Imported" #should exist
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $user,$token)))
$queriesUrl = "$orgUrl/$teamProject/_apis/wit/queries/$targetQueryFolder"+"?&api-version=5.0"
function InvokePostRequest ($PostUrl, $body)
{
return Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $PostUrl -Method Post -ContentType "application/json" -Headers #{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)} -Body $body
}
$files = Get-ChildItem -File -Path $sourceLocalFolder
foreach($wiqlfile in $files)
{
$wiqlBody = Get-Content $wiqlfile
InvokePostRequest $queriesUrl $wiqlBody
}

Answer 2

Example to copy a query folder content from one team project into another one in the same organization through rest API:
$user = ""
$token = "<pat>" #https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=preview-page
$teamProjectSource = "source_team_project_name"
$teamProjectTarget = "target_team_project_name"
$orgUrl = "https://dev.azure.com/<org>"
$sourceQueryFolder = "Shared Queries/Change Management"
$targetQueryFolder = "Shared Queries/Change Management" #should exist
$queryObject = [PSCustomObject]#{
name = $null
wiql = $null
columns = $null
sortColumns = $null
}
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f $user,$token)))
$queriesPostUrl = "$orgUrl/$teamProjectTarget/_apis/wit/queries/$targetQueryFolder"+"?api-version=5.0"
$queriesGettUrl = "$orgUrl/$teamProjectSource/_apis/wit/queries/$sourceQueryFolder"+"?`$depth=1&`$expand=all&api-version=5.0"
function InvokeGetRequest ($GetUrl)
{
return Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $GetUrl -Method Get -ContentType "application/json" -Headers #{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)}
}
function InvokePostRequest ($PostUrl, $body)
{
return Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $PostUrl -Method Post -ContentType "application/json" -Headers #{Authorization=("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo)} -Body $body
}
$resQuries = InvokeGetRequest $queriesGettUrl
if ($resQuries.isFolder -and $resQuries.hasChildren)
{
foreach($item in $resQuries.children)
{
if (!$item.isFolder)
{
$queryObject.name = $item.name
$queryObject.wiql = $item.wiql
$queryObject.columns = $item.columns
$queryObject.sortcolumns = $item.sortcolumns
$wiqlbody = ConvertTo-Json $queryObject -Depth 10
InvokePostRequest $queriesPostUrl $wiqlBody
}
}
}

Answer 3

You can use out of box function to export and import queries. Visual Studio and Team Explorer contain that.
Go to the Queries Tab:
Edit query
Save as
Select another project