Getting Data Out of TFS Relational Warehouse into Excel or Wherever
The TFS Datawarehouse schema is well documented here
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee620640(v=vs.120).aspx
As an example, let's say we wanted to get this kind of data in the following form into Excel.
We can use the following SQL statement.
Use Tfs_Warehouse
Go
Select IterationPath, StartDate, FinishDate from DimIteration order by StartDate, IterationPath
This yields as follows:
If we were to create new iterations, we can process the Warehouse immediately through a web service. Select ProcessWarehouse link from the following URL.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff400237.aspx
This provides the following screen.
Finally, use the following link to use the query to populate an Excel spreadsheet.
Comments
Anonymous
May 15, 2014
This is really a great and informative article. By this method everybody can get data out of TFS Relational Warehouse into Excel easily.Anonymous
May 15, 2014
My pleasure Anil. Please enjoy the features.