The following image is in spanish but that does not matter.
The menu shows the list of workitems on the TFS and opens when I click on "create new work item". What I don't know is what mean the different icons and why the first two workitemtypes have a different one.
I created all the workitems you can see there but I wasn't aware of doing anything different on them that could set a different icon nor a different place on the menu.
These icons represent what category those specific work item types are in. For instance, the clipboard with the check corresponds to a work item type that is in the task category and the one below it with the chat box and an exclamation point represents a work item type that is in the requirements category. These categories are defined in the process template when creating a team project, and they can also be exported/edited/imported to any current project. Hope this helps :)
Here is the MSDN link on customizing categories: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd273721.aspx
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When I copy a work item in TFS (a bug for example), the link between the parent work item and the newly created item is always set to related.
I want to change the default link type created when copying since I want to use a custom link type i created.I couldn't find an answer anywhere.
We cannot control the link type when copying a work item.
However you can delete the related links, then add them again with selecting other link types (custom link type in your scenario) with TFS API.
Please refer to below articles for more information.
TFS API Cloning Work Items with Children
Create Link Between Work Item (Parent, Child etc…)
Creating a linked Workitem via the TFS API
I'm relatively new to developing with tfs (only used git before).
I'm connecting to a server, which contains a decent amount of projects.
When I create a new work item, I can select only the server below 'classification' and not the specific project.
How can I allocate a work item directly to a project instead of the server?
Thanks!
You could directly create work item under the specific team project. The simplest and effective way is through web portal.
Project--Work--New Work Item--Work Item Type
After this the a work item directly allocated to this project instead of the server.
In work item, several features depend on the team project or team that
you have selected. For example, dashboards, backlogs, and board views
will change depending on the context selected.
When you add a work item, the system references the default area and
iteration paths defined for the team context. Work items you add
from the team dashboard (new work item widget) and queries page are
assigned the team default iteration. Work items you add from a team
backlog or board, are assigned the team default backlog iteration.
You navigate to your team context from the top navigation bar.
If you are new to tfs work item, suggest you take a look at related tutorial in MSDN: Plan and track your project with work items. Besides in TFS, there is a concept of permission, also make sure your account have enough permission for the project and adding work item.
Is there a way to see the current item being viewed in TFS to be shown in a tree explorer on the side like windows explorer?
Yes, I know there is one view that shows everything in a tree view, but most of the time we are looking at a specific item and have to reconstruct it's relationship to other items from the links list by going forwards, backwards etc.
Or just clicking a link that opens a new window that displays the current item in a tree view like windows explorer does when we are within a folder?
If you just want to change the Parent/Child relationship between Feature, User Story, Task and Bug, you can drag and drop the work item to its parent work item directly. Refer to this link for details: Map items to group them under a feature or epic and Re-parent and reorder items.
If this does not meet your requirement, refer to my answer in your another question for details: How to get a flat view of a TFS item tree?
How can you control what work items types appear as buttons on the Team Foundation Server 2012 Team Web Access home page? I have deleted some WITs and created new ones. The new ones only appear in the 'more' drop down list. I would like them to appear as buttons.
When you look at these WITs in VS, it appears that the ones shown on the home page have a ! icon, but the ones in the 'more' dropdown have a checkmark icon.
I looked at all the xml config files available in witadmin, but can't find anything that ties these WITs to any type or category that indicates this.
Did you try adding it to the RequirementsCategory using witadmin importcategories?
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd273721.aspx
In TFS 2013 those buttons are gone anyways...
I have created a team underneath the Team Members section (in Team Explorer), but I cannot select this team from the drop down in my Bug. This drop down (highlighted text in image below) has no teams listed in it.
What am I doing wrong?
We are using the http://www.scrumforteamsystem.co.uk/ template for TFS 2008.
The bug that you have in the image is a customized bug. Someone in the organization (maybe you) have changed to bug and added the Team field to the bug. The team that is available in the team explorer cannot be used in the work item, but you can use link that John added to show groups in the dropdown.
Another approach is to use a global list to determine the values for the team field. Adding a new team means that you have to add it to Team Explorer and to the global list.
In the new version of TFS (TFS 11), which you can preview at http://tfspreview.com, you can see that the team has become a first class citizin. If you want to see it in action, you can either go to one of the sessions of //BUILD/ or sign up for an account on TfsPreview.com.
Go to TFS explorer, go to your project and right click on the project title and Select "Show Project Portal"
Once its loaded up in your browser, click on "Team Project Administration" Tab.
The team option is the second box on this page. Add your teams to there, and they will then appear in the dropdown within TFS Solution Explorer.
You will need to save any bugs first before you can assign it to a team though.
See the blog post Assigning a work item to a group in TFS.
This does require some minor customization of the work item types you're interested in changing.