Configure TFS Agile

Question

Can I configure which work states are displayed on the work board?

Prior to VS2012, we added a new status for the "Running" work item. So we knew that the work was started.

They do not appear on the board - only those that are active are closed.

Is there any way around this?

I tried changing the TaskWorkItems element, but the boards remained the same, and so far only Active and Closed are displayed - they also do not show our InProgress tasks:

  <TaskWorkItems category="Microsoft.TaskCategory"> <States> <State type="Proposed" value="Active" /> <State type="InProgress" value="InProgress" /> <State type="Complete" value="Closed" /> </States> </TaskWorkItems> 

Answer 1

What I did to deal with this (and I'm not 100% sure that it is 100% correct, TFS is an unpleasant complex beast).

You need to edit the task workflow: in Visual Studio, go to tools | process editor | Working View Types | Open WIT from the server. Select "Task" and edit the layout for new states with appropriate transitions. Save this (no, it is not obvious - just right-click on the tab in VS).

then export the general configuration:

 witadmin exportcommonprocessconfig /collection:http://myserver:8080/tfs /p:"Test" /f:"CommonConfiguration.xml" 

edit it as you did, and import the configuration back to the server:

 witadmin importcommonprocessconfig /collection:http://myserver:8080/tfs /p:"Test" /f:"CommonConfiguration.xml" 

If you use TFS Power Tools, you can update them in Visual Studio to save as a template, the general configuration is the tab in ProcessTemplate.xml

Answer 2

You will find the information you need to configure the taskbar on MSDN.

The key information from this topic is the following:

The column headings that appear on the taskbar page correspond to the workflow states assigned to the default task type assigned to the Task Category

Check what type of task item is set by default and what states you set for it.