Linking Azure DevOps as a source

Alpha release

This source is currently in alpha. The interface and available tables may change.

The Azure DevOps connector syncs your project, build, and work item data into PostHog, so you can analyze your engineering activity alongside your product data.

Prerequisites

You need an Azure DevOps organization and a personal access token with read scopes for the data you want to sync.

Adding a data source

  1. In PostHog, go to the Sources tab of the data pipeline section.
  2. Click + New source and click Link next to this source.
  3. Enter your credentials (see Configuration below) and click Next.
  4. Select the tables you want to sync, choose a sync method and frequency, then click Import.

Once the syncs are complete, you can start querying this data in PostHog.

When linking Azure DevOps, you'll need:

  • Organization – the first path segment of your Azure DevOps URL. For dev.azure.com/myorg, enter myorg.
  • Personal access token – create one under User settings → Personal access tokens with read scopes for the data you want to sync (Work Items, Code, Build, and Project and Team).

Sync modes

Each table can be synced in one of several modes, depending on what the source supports:

  • Webhook (when available) – the source pushes changes to PostHog in real time. Fastest freshness, lowest ongoing cost, and the only mode that reliably captures updates and deletes.
  • Incremental – only new or updated rows are synced on each run, using a cursor field (such as an updated_at timestamp). Cheaper than a full refresh, but deletes aren't captured.
  • Append only – new rows are appended using a cursor field; existing rows are never updated. Ideal for immutable, append-only tables like event logs.
  • Full refresh – the whole table is reloaded on every sync. Use it when a table has no reliable cursor or when you need deletions reflected.

See sync methods for a full explanation of how each mode works and how to choose between them.

Configuration

OptionTypeRequired
OrganizationtextYes
Personal access tokenpasswordYes

Supported tables

TableDescriptionSync methodIncremental fieldPrimary key
projects

A team project in the Azure DevOps organization — a container for repos, builds, and work items.

Full refresh
repositories

A Git repository within an Azure DevOps project.

Full refresh
builds

A build run produced by a build pipeline in Azure DevOps.

Incremental, Full refreshqueueTime
pull_requests

A Git pull request in Azure DevOps.

Incremental, Full refreshcreationDate
work_item_revisions

A historical revision of a work item, from the reporting (append-only) feed.

Incremental, Full refreshchanged_date

Troubleshooting

If your sync is failing or data looks wrong, see the Data warehouse troubleshooting guide. If that doesn't help, contact support – we're happy to help.

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