Is there any view when I can change the item priorities in the scope of one sprint besides the product backlog view? It will be great to have such a possibility in sprint backlog view, however in that one I can only move items to another sprint using drag and drop, without changing the ordering (priority).
No. The iteration (sprint) backlog is intended to be a list of things the team is currently working on. Prioritization should have already occurred.
UPDATE:
With TFS 2012.3 and higher, items that are in a "Committed" state stay on the backlog. You can re-prioritize them there, and it will be reflected in your Sprint backlog.
Have a look here
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalm/2014/07/08/where-is-the-field-on-the-work-item-form-to-order-the-backlog/
You need to go to backlog items view and you can right click on an item to choose between "move to top" or "move to position.."
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I can look at the Epic itself and view it's child issues, but I'd like be able to view it in the backlog, where I can organize things (add/remove Issues from Epic) with drag'n drop. Guessing it's just not possible.
The Board for that Project filters on only that project by default. If you change the Board filter to include all projects it'll show all in the Backlog/Epic view.
I would like to be able to highlight a row on a backlog in much the same way as you can with styling rules on a board view of the backlog. I want to be able to add a tag called "QA Ready" and then any row that matches the criteria to be highlighted.
There is no styles for backlogs. You may post your idea to Developer Community or use excel integration with built-in styles for cells. Or create a custom report.
I am trying to use Areas to divide up work on a project, but the default backlogs in TFS 2017 don't show any items assigned to Areas that are not the default root Area.
Project
==Default Area
====Client 1 Sub-Area
======Epics, Stories, etc.
====Client 2 Sub-Area
======Epics, Stories, etc.
All of the items in the sub-areas disappeared from all Boards. Queries still work, but the view is list view only. I need to be able to show all of the team's work on one board, and even better if the Areas become swimlanes on the Board.
There does not appear to be a way to alter the query used by the Backlogs, nor is there a way to show a Board for custom queries. How can I show Items from all Areas on a Board?
Go to the team project Work setting page. click the blue words "click here".
In the team setting Area page, click "Select area(s)", then add those sub-areas. The selected area paths will determine what shows up on your team's backlog and what work items your team is responsible for.
In addition to TingTings answer:
Instead of selecting the sub areas one by one you can also use the context menu of the parent area to include all sub areas.
I have created multiple area paths for each module in our system.
When working in the Backlog I'd like to filter backlog items for one of the modules (Area Path). I could not figure out how to do that, so I simply added the Are Path field to the Backlog view and used the Filter for filtering on the requested module.
This worked, but when there are Tasks associated to the backlog item, they also show up in the Backlog, which quickly pollutes the view. Is there another way to either enable filtering on Area path or hiding Tasks from the backlog view?
The filter box in the (Product) Backlog view only works on keywords, unfortunately, and you can't exclude items. There is also a Tags filter. If you click the filter button, you can click the tags you want to include. This would require you to add a "backlog" tag to all the items you want to show (excluding tasks, of course) but, even though it works, it's not a great solution, because you have to manually add the tag to the work items you want to display.
If you're not tied to the Backlog view, you could switch over to the (Kanban) Board view. There is a more advanced filter there. Click "Board" at the top, then the filter button in the upper right, and then you can filter according to work item type and other values. This is probably what I would do.
The third option is to convert your view into a query by clicking Create Query at the top of the backlog (or just manually writing a new query). You can then edit the query to exclude Tasks. The advantage is that it's a lot easier to control what work items you see (or don't see), and how you see them. The disadvantage is that you lose the ability to drag-drop for stack ranking, and other backlog features.
We would like new items to end up last on the backlog. I updated the WIT field Backlog Priority in the first transition and set that to 2000000 but it was changed back to a lower number automatically (with a 2nd revision)
Anyway this can be accomplished?
TFS 2015 update 3 on prem.
Thanks!
Just as nschonni commented, new items will automatically appear at the last on backlog.
After you've got some items on your backlog, you can order them and create a prioritized list of work. Frequently reviewing and prioritizing your backlog can help your team know what's most important to deliver next.
Reorder your backlog by simply dragging work items. Or, if you prefer the keyboard, hold the Alt key and use the up and down arrows.
You should refrain from using the bulk modify function to change
the backlog priority of work items. While you can assign a value to
the Backlog Priority (Scrum) or Stack Rank (Agile and CMMI) fields,
you'll be assigning the same value to all items you've selected for
bulk edit. These fields are used by the system to track the relative
ranking of items on the product, feature, or epic backlogs.
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Update
When you use the quick add, the new crated item either in the top or bottom is based on the position of your mouse.
For example, if you put the mouse at the top, the new created item should also at the top. If you put the mouse at the bottom, then it will also appear at the bottom. More if you want the created at a specific position, you just need to move your mouse.
The select items should have a grey background.