Team Foundation Server - Administration> WIT Editor - How to add a Team field to a work item?

Question

Using the WIT Editor for the User Story type, I am trying to add a control that refers to a system field that shows a selection of commands configured in the project profile.

If this system field does not exist, how can I configure a custom one, which should have configured commands as Permitted values.

Answer 1

@DaveShaw it kind of works the other way around. If you create a field in a work item that is a drop-down list with the names of the commands, and they correspond to the names of the commands you created, you can modify the CommonProcessingConfig.xml file to reflect that you want to use this field as a Designator command.

• Add a new field called "MyCompany.Teams" with valid values ​​"Team A | Team B | Team C"
• Create teams in your team project "Team A | Team B | Team C"
• Use "witadmin exportcommonprocessconfig" to get the file CommonProcessingConfig.xml.
• In the "CommonProjectConfiguration \ TypeFields \ TypeField" section, where type is a "team", change the refname to "MyCompany.Teams"
• Use "witadmin importcommonprocessconfig" to import the new CommonProcessingConfig.xml file.
• Test ... a lot ...

I created a blog post that suits you, although this is: Team Foundation Server 2012 Teams without a scope

Then you can use a custom field to store the command value for your ... command ...

WARNING: Command: Specifies the field used to map the backlog and taskbar pages to the command. This field should remain set by default, System.AreaPath.

These are the early days for this feature, so make sure you check that it works for you.

Answer 2

AFAIK, Teams in TFS2012 are not part of the work item, so they are not available for use inside them.

I looked at all the MSDN information in the commands and checked my own TF Service account, and there is no field that I can see with a list associated with them.