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theblindprophet
theblindprophet

Reputation: 7927

How to add an existing work item to a board?

How do I add an existing work item to a the default board?

I can create work items under the Work Items section and I can also create work items by clicking + New Item in the Boards section.

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But how can I add an existing item to that board?

I cannot find a setting, field, option anywhere to do that.

This is an organization Azure DevOps.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4798

Answers (2)

Josh Gust
Josh Gust

Reputation: 4445

Your existing item needs to be "visible" to the board by existing in the appropriate iteration path and area path.

Without breaking out all the organization settings that allow you to detail this stuff, the easy way to know the value you need to use is to create a new item on the board you want, and use the values it gets in iteration path and area path on the existing item.

Illustrations:

Make sure your project has areas and iterations that make sense for you. Typically your project will start out with a root iteration path and three child iteration paths:

  • Iteration 1
  • Iteration 2
  • Iteration 3

Iteration paths are used to handle both backlogs and sprints for teams.

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The combination of area path and iteration path allows admins to divide sections of the global backlog among the teams that are doing the work.

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Think of the connection like a grid. If the rows are iteration paths, then the areas are the columns that divide that row (or vise versa). Multiple teams can operate on the same row (iteration/backlog), but they will only see the work items that also fall inside their assigned columns (areas).

When you create a team the area can be created for you, or you can assign an area to a team after it is created.

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You can also change the backlog iteration for a team.

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Now your team has a board and a backlog. Again, for your first team, this is done for you.

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You have obviously already created some work items, so you'll need to move them into the right area and iteration to make them show up.

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This can also be done in bulk from another team backlog

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Upvotes: 4

Shayki Abramczyk
Shayki Abramczyk

Reputation: 41545

You can configure the board on what to be displayed.

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By default, it's the Backlog items, so you will see the work items from your backlog (according to the sprints).

You can't just add a particular work item to the board.

See more details here.

Upvotes: 2

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