Not any able to create new inherited process - azure-devops

I would to add new fields to a Work Item Type in DevOps Version Dev18.M170.8.
In the process page, I am able to create an inherited process like I should be supposed to :
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Instead I only see :
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Sorry my screenshot is in French but we can see that the symbol under the line "New team project" is missing in the choices I have.
We can see that the "Fields" section is missing as well.
And I am not able to click on any process to access to all the objects within that given process
I hope I am clear in my explanation.

According to your screenshot, it appears that you are using XML process model. Please note that XML process model is different with Inheritance process model.
For XML process model process, we can export the process template and edit them directly, then import to server. See Differences between Inheritance and Hosted XML , Create and manage inherited processes and Customize a Hosted XML process for details.

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Customizing Work Item Types to behave like User Stories in the Agile process

I am currently using devops (cloud) services. I have created a custom Work Item Type (WIT) within an inherited process from Agile. I would like to configure it to behave like exactly like Agile's User Story WIT. By this I mean:
The WIT should be addable in the taskboard view of the Sprints (see first pic, WorkItemTaskBoard).
One should be able to add tasks to the item just like User Story's.
The WIT should rank below features in the WIT hierarchy. This way when it is added as a child of a feature it will be visible in the Backlogs view (see second pic, BacklogChildMissing)
According to my reading I need to export my inherited process as an XML, edit said XML then import the modified XML. I have two issues with this.
A. I have not found any reliable documentation how to perform the above.
B. Although I am using cloud based Devops (dev.azure.com) and am the organization owner I do not appear to have rights to import a process (see third pic, ImportProcessMissing)
Can anyone confirm that I need to perform the export, edit, import the XML as specified above in order to achieve 1, 2 and 3? If so, I would need help in figuring out how to import the process.
WorkItemTaskBoard
BacklogChildMissing - The WIT is not displayed despite being a child of Test Feature.
ImportProcessMissing - Import button is missing.
You can follow the steps like as below image shows to configure the customer WIT in the inherited Agile process.
Create the custom WIT.
Set the custom WIT as the Stories backlog level.
After above settings, in the project which is using the inherited Agile process, you can manage the custom WIT like as User Story.
See below example:

Accessing 'Details' component of ADF activity run instead of 'Output'

ADFv2 seems to be allowing accessing Output of an activity using #('activityname').output but in the monitor we also see a 'Details' component for certain activity types (e.g. HDInsightHive, SQL etc), so is there any way we can access it? It contains very valuable information and it would be great if there is a way to access it somehow. The ADF drop down (adding dynamic values) obviously doesn't show it. This internally available information if exposed via UI would be a great plus.
The following screenshot shows how the detail window appears, basically one has to click on this yellow highlighted icon:-
Now maybe i know your concern.You just wonder whether information could be accessed in the Details window. For example,my test copy activity:
Actually,based on my observation, the information listed in above window are exactly information in the error output.No more additional monitor information,just more readable and clear.
Besides,we can't find any more object of Activity Run Response from REST API.
So,if you are interested in the details info,please refer the output object.

Azure DevOps: Field with default value containing another fields value

I am trying to find a way in Azure DevOps of displaying a field on a User Story layout that is made up of a URL plus the value of another field on the same story.
We have an external support ticket system where all of our support calls are logged. When the story (or even Defect) is created, we have a field where a support reference is entered.
I want another field that combines a URL and the support reference so it creates a link to the support ticket.
Is this do-able?
Thanks,
Craig
This is achievable. You can Add a custom field to a work item type for an inherited process.
1,First you need to create a inherited process.
Go to Organization settings, From the Process page under Boards, open the … context menu of the process you'll use to create an inherited process, and then choose Create inherited process. Choose the same system process—Agile, Basic, Scrum, or CMMI—that was used to create the project that you want to customize.
2, Add a custom field to an existing work item type for the inherited process.
From the Process page of the selected inherited process, choose the work item type(User Story) you want to add the custom field to.
Select the work item type and click new field or ... to add a field under a group.
For example i add a new field Support Url under group Planning(click Options to define a default value for this field).
3, Apply the customized process to your project.
Click team projects of the process shown as below screenshot.
Open the … context menu for the process and choose the Change team projects… option.
Then you will have the custom field with default value for the work item type in your project.
For detailed steps please check Microsoft Document there.
Update:
Field value made up of a static part, plus another field
There is no direct way or any tool i can find to achieve this. However there is a complicate workaround to achieve this.
You can try creating a service server to to combine the field values and update the workitem field with workitem update rest api, and add a service hook to this service server.
You can refer to the service hook sever provided by Microsoft. Check reate a pull request status server with Node.js

is it possible to get an xPages build number?

I do all development in a single application. when a new version is ready I create a template and give it a version number. this way I can store a history of all previous versions.
the development templates are used to push the new design to many applications via replace design.
Creating manual version number or template names is fine but I am looking for a more automatic way of finding out which build the different applications are inherited from
When I visit the different applications I would like to be able to see which build number each application are inherited from. is this possible?
A simple build time stamp could do, but is there a built in build number that can be used and that can be displayed on the xpage.
e.g Build 2012092712345
Update:
Thank you for all your answers, many good suggestions but it looks like all require manual work.
The best solution would be if there is a way to read (from ssjs) a timestamp from any file within the nsf that is always updated during a build. is this possible?
In classic notes, there was a method to add a shared field with a special name to the application. Cannot remember the details, but have it somewhere on the disk.
Then you can see the build number in the design tab of the application properties. And you can of course display the value in your applikation as well.
But you have to fill the item manually on each build. Or use teamstudio Buildmanager. This tool adds the value automatically.
And I also guess that you can write some code that changes the value whenever you create a new build.
Another option would be to use a versioning system like CVS/SVN. This is possible since 8.5.3.
Source control
I think I know what you are meaning. Your a pushing out design and want to check thru code what version each database has. I usually do this with a Build form. In this form I have computed fields with all the data I want to retrieve. Then I open the database with an agent create a document
and set the form field to "BuildForm" and do a computewithform.
Now I can see all information about this database.
I once wrote a rudimentary build system for "classic" Notes, and had the last part of the build pipeline create a form named _BUILDID_, and put the build id in the $Comment field.
The main reason to create a form instead of a shared field was that I could dynamically fetch the form using NotesDatabase.Forms, and open up the desired field.
I sure hope there are simpler solutions nowadays... :-)

generic CMS system - Does it exist?

I'm looking for the following... can anybody point me to anything that currently exists in this field? Trying not to reinvent the wheel.
Basically a CMS system where I can setup a Form type though an interface.
Basically say that this type of data has a text field called Name, a Date field called "Start Date" and an email field called "Owner". And that together is a Node type called "Project"
Then a data entry person can go and fill in multiple projects and perhaps save them into different categories.
And then I can export the results as XML or JSON.
Thats the wist list... does something like that exist? or am I going to have to program it fresh?
You could certainly take a look at the open source Hippo CMS - it allows you to create your own content types pretty much in the way you're describing (disclaimer: I'm CTO of the company).
A "document type" in Hippo CMS is both the type definition (which nodes go where, what are they called, what type are they) as well as the form to input the content into. The form is build up from different editing fields, and there are fields available for Date, String, HTML Field and so on. If you need a very specific kind of field, then you can create your own and add it to the installation as a plugin.
Hippo is based on the Java Content Repository specification (JCR), which deals with Nodes in a hierarchical structure. If you're looking for a Java solution - then this might be what you need. But from what you're writing, I think you won't even have the need to dive into the Java internals. You can use the XML Export from the Console web interface to get the content out, or add a REST API that exposes the content either as XML or as JSON. For this, you'll need to go a bit deeper. More info on this is available on the community website.
Feel free to try the online demo installation. After you've logged in as one of the 'admin' users, navigate to the "Browse" perspective and open up the "Configuration" accordeon (it's all the way in the bottom of the screen, right above "Taxonomies"). Here you can work with the Document Types.