I have recently setup TFS 2010 and am trying to access the reporting feature. TFS is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 and I am accessing TFS using Visual Studio 2010.
From what I have seen on the web, I should have a reports option in Team Explorer or from the Team menu in Visual Studio. I don't have this option at all. I have seen MSDN articles saying the option may have a red cross next to it, but I don't see at all.
From the TFS Admin console, reporting seems to be setup. All three options (Warehouse, Analysis Services and Report Server) have a green tick and say "Configured".
If I access the reports URL, I get a web interface but there are no out-of-the-box reports.
Thanks in advance for your help.
The problem was that the default reports folder location had not been set. I only noticed by clicking through all the screens in desperation.
Open the TFS Admin Console, go to Application Tier > Team Project Collections. Then in the Reports Folder tab at the bottom make sure you have set a value. I just used the default example which was /TfsReports/DefaultCollection.
You don't see the folder "Reports" in this view?
Do you have a screen like this?
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In solution explorer new Team option is also not visible
TF206018: The items could not be added to source control because either no team projects have been set up, or because you do not have permission to access any of the team projects in the current collection.
This is a known issue. Please find more detailed information in this ticket: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/690875/cannot-create-a-new-team-project-from-within-the-t.html.
According to the workaround from the product group, please use the "New Project" button on the home page of the org / collection in the web experience.
If you are using an older version of TFS that does not have this option available in the web, you will need to install an older version of Visual Studio that has that option available.
Visual Studio Team Explorer 2017 is a great option. It is free, installs side by side with VS 2019, has minimal footprint, and installs in less than 5 minutes. Download page is here.
Please vote and add your comments in this ticket if you have any questions.
We use TFS primarily for documentation etc. Therefore, we have a workflow of managing the files in Visual Studio (Express) 2015 (e.g. check in) and then sending the web links (extracted from the web portal) per email for others to read.
There is a link to the web portal in the home view of the Team Explorer of Visual Studio (Express) 2015, but it takes us to a front page of the web portal and we have to navigate through the path once again.
Thus my question: Is there a way to directly open the TFS web portal from Visual Studio (Express) 2015 with the same path that is selected in Visual Studio? Or is there no alternative to navigating twice through the paths every time? I have consulted the TFS documentation, but I haven't found anything helpful yet.
I would appreciate any kind of help provided.
There is no this function for now. You may have to write a custom VS extension to achieve this or ask a feature request in UserVoice, TFS Admin will kindly review it.
We have upgraded TFS2008 to 2013 on a new server and source control/workitem tracking is okay - we can use all that from within VS2013 Pro.
We have also upgraded Sharepoint (containing all the project documentation) to a new database server and using the TFS 2013 Adminisration Console we can see the Team Projects listed there.
However although from the VS2013 Team Exlorer we can add the team projects and open the 'web portal' for each team project, we cannot see any of the documents nor can we (seemingly) view in a browser the portal that in VS2008 shows the document libraries.
Are we missing something in the unfamiliar interface, or can anyone advise what the cause might be and how to fix it?
You need to "wire up" the Team Projects to the Sharepoint sites. It sounds like they have been detached through the order of the upgrade.
Sharepoint needs to be upgraded and available during the upgrade process or this happens
You can however easily wire them back up. In the Team Project in Visual Studio go to the Team Explorer and do "Settings|Portal".
You should have a dialog for wiring up The existing Sharepoint to the Team Project.
If you don't you may have Tbeen disconnected at the collection level. In which case you can open the TFS Administration Console and follow: http://nakedalm.com/integrate-sharepoint-2013-with-team-foundation-server-2013/
I recently installed Visual Studio 2012 (RTM) and a project collection is missing from the Team Project Collections list in the "Connect to Team Foundation Server" modal window. The project collection is listed in VS 2008 and VS 2010. The collection state in TFS Administration Console shows as online. This is not a recently created collection it is over 2 years old with many projects. Share Point, Web Access, and Reporting Services sites all work fine. I have run Best Practices Analyzer and did not see anything that stood out although it contained a lot of information and I could have overlooked something. We are running TFS 2010 which was upgraded from TFS 2008.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I had a similar problem, where the project collection was listed, but as soon as I attempted to connect to it, the Team Explorer panel showed a 404 error message.
I resolved it by clearing the TFS cache folders under my user profile local app data folder.
In Windows Explorer, go to %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Team Foundation. For my profile, there were 3 folders: 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 (presumably corresponding to TFS 2008, 2010 and 2012) with a Cache folder under each. I cleared all 3 Cache folders and was then able to connect successfully.
I'm looking for a way to add work items into tfs from the project portal that it creates. Basically we want our helpdesk to be to raise workitems inside of tfs, so we can then track the build etc that there fixed in.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Microsoft released the Visual Studio Team System Web Access 2008 Power Tool.
Base download
Service pack 1
Team System Web Access SP1 lets you do all the things you can do in Visual Studio in your browser. You can view, create, and edit work items, associate work items with each other and with changesetsand view source, diffs, changeset contents, and branches.
SP1 also includes what was once called TFS Work Item Web Access. Work Item Web Access lets users without TFS licenses submit and view work items through the browser.
With a little SharePoint magic you should be able to frame Team System Web Access within your existing team sites.