Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

The new work item type will be created and will be available in the Item List on the
Type Definitions tab in the right pane.
5. On the File menu, click Save to save your changes.
For example, you can create a new Bug type named ‘My Bug,’ copied from the Bug work
item type.
You can now edit the work item type to modify its behavior.
To edit a work item type
• If you want to add/remove attributes fields to/from the new work item type or an
existing work item type, on the Type Definitions tab, right-click the work item type
you want to edit, and then click Open.
The selected work item type opens in a new Visual Studio window where you can
add or remove the attributes you want.
To add a new field to the work item
1. Click the Fields tab, and then click Add in the toolbar.
2. In the Field Definition dialog box, enter the details as specified below:
a. Name – Type the name of the new field.
b. Type – In the Data type the drop-down list, select the data type for this field.
c. RefName – Enter a unique Identifier for the field in TFS. The identifier must
have at least one period in the name; for example, Test.Test1.
d. Help Text – Type the text that you want the user to see when he or she moves
the pointer over the name of the field. Generally, this text provides a
definition of the field’s purpose.
e. Reportable – Select the desired option in the Reportable drop-down list.
This determines whether to make the data in this field available for TFS
reports. The following options are available:
i. Dimension – Use this for fields that have lists of valid values. Work
Item Type and State are good examples of dimensions. The Dimension
field can be used to filter reports.
ii. Detail – This option is a good choice for unrestricted text fields
because it lets you use them in reports. However, any reports that you
build using these fields must use the relational database instead of the
cube.
iii. Measure – Measures are the numeric values in your reports. Each
measure will appear in both the Current Work Item measure group and
the Work Item History measure group.
f. Formula – This drop-down list is shown only if you select Measure in the
Reportable field. Examples of formula options include sum, count, and avg.
3. For any new field added to the work item type, you can constrain the values that the
user can enter into a field. You can also constrain a field when the work item is in a