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title: "Loading Your Data in Azure DevOps"
canonical: "https://support.55degrees.se/space/SP/3928490534/Loading%20Your%20Data%20in%20Azure%20DevOps"
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### How to Load Data in Azure DevOps

### Create a Data Set

#### Step 1: Select Work Items

This action will kick off step one of the new data loader, where you will choose what data you want to load.

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> ℹ️ “Get Cross-Project Work Item History”, what does this mean? Well, if you have work items that have migrated across Azure projects that you have access to, and you want to be able to map it’s journey, you can check this option for ActionableAgile Analytics to get your work items history from across all the Azure projects you have access to. 
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> ℹ️ ![Screenshot 2025-02-11 at 16.07.26.png](media://ce182888-6bc5-4e5f-b1e7-4db6cf574a64)

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> ℹ️ Area Path information won't show up when you load data through a query because the query itself should be specific enough.

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Once you've settled on the parameters for the data you want to load, go ahead and click "**Next**."

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#### Step 2: Add Fields

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> ℹ️ We automatically bring in these Default Fields: *ID, Issue Link, Title, date, Work Item Type, Priority, Value Area, Area Path, Iteration Path, Blocked Days, Blocked, Tags, Reason, Lane, Removed From*

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Once you have selected your preferred fields for the data set, click “Next.”

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#### Step 3: Map Workflow Stages

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> ℹ️ Don’t recognise some columns or states? ActionableAgile goes through the *entire* history of your work items to grab all the transition dates. This includes workflows from which your item may have been migrated and columns or states that may have been deleted or renamed.

Once you have mapped your data and organised your workflow, click “Finish.” Your data set will now be loaded into ActionableAgile Analytics and you’ll be able to view the saved version in **Find or Manage A Data Set.**

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## Find or Manage A Data Set

To view your saved data sets in ActionableAgile for Azure DevOps, navigate to the data set drop-down menu and select <u>Find Or Manage A Data Set</u>. 

> ℹ️ You can also take some *quick actions* if you have a data set loaded.

After you have selected <u>Find Or Manage A Data Set</u>, a window will appear with all the data sets you have saved, their names, the last date they were updated, and actions you can take (view, edit, and delete). 

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## Load a Data Set

Navigate to “Find or Manage Data Sets” and click on the data set you wish to load.

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Your data is now loaded! 🥳