You can import work items from a Comma-separated Values
(CSV) file into a project area. You can use the Import Work Items
Wizard to create work items or update existing work items.
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You can use the Export Work Items Wizard to export data from
work items to a CSV file. In the Export Work Items Wizard, you select
which work item attributes to include as columns in the CSV file.
The Import Work Items Wizard maps columns in the CSV file to work
item attributes if the first row contains attribute names, as is the
case for work items exported via the Export Work Items
Wizard. If you did not use the Export Work Items Wizard to create
the CSV file, make sure that the first row contains the attribute
names; otherwise, the Import Work Items Wizard does not map columns
to attributes.
The Import Work Items Wizard uses an XML mapping
file to map attributes from the CSV file to the work items that it
creates or updates. The wizard provides a default mapping file, which
you can modify to customize the mapping. You can also generate a mapping
file from the CSV file that you provide.