I would like to add some custom fields to a Azure DevOps Project.
By default, there are only two fields available: Name and Description.
However, I would like to add additional information to the project like internal ProjectNo, OrderNo, OfferNo, Offer Date and so on.
Is there a way to do this?
As far as I'm aware there isn't any way to custom this aspect currently. You could always add it as a suggestion here; https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/spaces/21/index.html.
Alternatively, depending on what you are looking to accomplish and how you want to use these new fields, could you make these 'projects' Epics (or create another Work Item type) under a 'global project'? If so you can easily customise work items to include these fields.
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We have two fields Fix Versions and Affects Version in a bug wherein the drop down values are to be auto populated based on the tags created in Azure Repos. For ex: if there are tags v1.001.560, v1.001.561 etc and for any new tags created, the tag version should appear as a drop down value for these fields. Is there a feasible approach to achieve this? Please suggest.
In short, there is no method to meet your needs now. As a suggestion, you could submit a suggestion ticket to suggest the feature on: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/report?space=21&entry=suggestion. That will allow you to directly interact with the appropriate product group, and makes it more convenient for the product group to collect and categorize your suggestions.
DevOps only supports setting to specific values for your custom picklist fields. Please note custom field is used to support tracking data requirements you have that aren't met with the existing set of fields.
Besides, to realize your idea, we should auto populate tag values to the field when opening the work item. However, we also not have such a trigger even though getting the tags with Rest API.
How could I add custom values? I need to add custom values under the Planning section in work item for environments. I have tried to look in organizational settings, but I cannot really find the place where i can add such things. I have tried to Google this, but could not really found any relevant information. Any ideas? If you need more info, just ask!
I believe those are stored in Project Settings->Boards->Project Configuration, then click "Areas" or "Iterations" beneath the word "Boards".
Presently I am using Devops Azure (Cloud).
For Work items is there a way to add and modify workflow Reasons.
State and Reason change
I am looking to add some custom reasons in the work item for each State.
Is there a way to change these. From the help, its mentioned, "You can add and remove workflow States. However, you can't add or modify workflow Reasons.". Any pointers to do this.
I am looking to add some custom reasons in the work item for each State.
I am afraid there is no such way to add some custom reasons in the work item for each State.
Although we can use custom fields and custom rules, it can only achieve one state for one reason.
That because Azure devops not allowed to have multiple rules with the same action type using the same conditions:
And on the other hand, we also could not add a list as value of Picklist items:
So, I do not believe we could add some custom reasonS in the work item for each State at this moment.
You could add your request for adding a list as value of Picklist items on our UserVoice site (https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/idea/post.html?space=21 ), which is our main forum for product suggestions. Thank you for helping us build a better Azure DevOps.
Hope this helps.
There is no any news here. As workaround, you can:
Add a new custom field with a pick list with reasons and mark it as required. Add a picklist.
Use rules to set default values into your new field for each state transitions. Add a rule to a work item type.
I'm looking to create a nice dashboard in VSTS with a set of relevant charts for my collegues so they can keep track of things.
We have a project for keeping track of it operations tasks. In this project we've created different Features for different departments of the company.
Is there a way to filter the user stories by parent/feature so that I can make different charts for different departments? I've managed to create a "Work items and direct links" query that actually only outputs the User stories in one feature, but such queries can not be used in charts unfortunately.
Other workarounds would be acceptable too.
There is a Work Item Visualization extension that you can check whether it meets your requirement (Can highlight specified work items).
Another way is that you can custom a dashboard widget or other extension to display the result: Add a dashboard widget.
There are many extension samples that may benefit you: vsts-extension-samples
I work in IBM RTC (Rational Team Concert); the Project Area I own is built on the IBM Formal Project Management Process Template.
I’m looking for a mean to get work items created programmatically;
I do want when I create a Change Request work item, to allow the selection of different teams and from this attribute(s), create automatically children work items Task directly assigned to the right team/member.
How would you recommend to do so?
Although it is not a direct answer to your issue, but I guess it would help. It's more like a workaround more than a solution to your requirement.
The work around is divided into two steps:
Create a work item template from a CR with all its sub tasks included in the work item template.
Create a CR using the previously created template programmatically.
Note: This means that you'll need to create a work item template for each team.