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Reputation: 83

Team Foundation Server - Administration > WIT Editor - How to add a Team field to a Work Item?

Using WIT Editor for User Story type, I'm trying to add a control that references a system field showing a choice of Teams configured in the Project Profile.

WIT Editor Screenshot

If that System field does not exist how could I configure a custom one to have as Allowed Values the configured teams.

Project Teams Configuration Screenshot

Upvotes: 4

Views: 942

Answers (2)

MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood
MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood

Reputation: 23434

@DaveShaw it kind of works the other way round. If you create a field in your Work Item that is a drop down list with your Team Names, and they match the team names that you created then you can change the CommonProcessingConfig.xml file to reflect that you want to use this field as the Team Designator.

  1. Add a new field called "MyCompany.Teams" with allowed values of "Team A|Team B|Team C"
  2. Create Teams in your Team Project of "Team A|Team B|Team C"
  3. Use "witadmin exportcommonprocessconfig" to get your CommonProcessingConfig.xml file
  4. Under "CommonProjectConfiguration\TypeFields\TypeField" where the type is "Team" change the refname to "MyCompany.Teams"
  5. Use "witadmin importcommonprocessconfig" to import your new CommonProcessingConfig.xml file
  6. Test... lots...

I have created a blog post that walks you though this: Team Foundation Server 2012 Teams without Area

You should then be able to use the custom field to hold the value of Team for...your.. team...

WARNING: Team: Specifies the field used to associate the backlog and task board pages with a team. This field should remain set to its default value, System.AreaPath.

This is currently early days for this feature so make sure that you test that it works for you.

Upvotes: 2

DaveShaw
DaveShaw

Reputation: 52788

AFAIK, "Teams" in TFS2012 are not part of the Work Item's so are not available for use inside them.

I have looked at all the information on MSDN on teams and checked on my own TF Service account and there is no field I can see with a List of Teams associated with them.

Upvotes: 0

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