Steps: Download Team Foundation Server Power Tools. On the command line use the TFPT.exe utility to export all work items from a team project in .XML format: tfpt query /collection:<URL> /format:xml /wiql:"SELECT * FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = ‘<TeamProject>’ AND [System.WorkItemType] <> ‘Sprint’ ORDER BY [System.Id]" > WorkItems.xml As you can see I selected all […]
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Export TFS Work Items to an .XML file (using TFS Power Tools)
November 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · TFS Work Item Tracking, Tools and Utilities
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Publishing Requirements from Word to TFS (via WordToTFS)
November 15th, 2011 · No Comments · 16358, Downloads, TFS Clients, TFS Work Item Tracking
This post is part of a blog series: Part I : Exporting TFS Work Items to Microsoft Word (via WordToTFS) Part II: Publishing Requirements from Word to TFS (via WordToTFS) Steps: Download and install the freeware tool AIT WordToTFS from here (registration required). Start Microsoft Word (winword.exe). You should see a new "WordToTFS" ribbon. […]
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Exporting TFS Work Items to Microsoft Word (via WordToTFS)
November 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · 16358, Downloads, TFS Clients, TFS Work Item Tracking
This post is part of a blog series: Part I : Exporting TFS Work Items to Microsoft Word (via WordToTFS) Part II: Publishing Requirements from Word to TFS (via WordToTFS) Steps: Download and install the freeware tool AIT WordToTFS from here (registration required). Start Microsoft Word (winword.exe). You should see a new "WordToTFS" ribbon. […]
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What’s the maximum number of Work Items?
March 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Team Foundation Server, TFS Work Item Tracking
Work Item IDs can not be higher than Int32.MaxValue or 2,147,483,647. (Thanks to Jim Lamb)
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Changing the state of multiple work items (command line)
February 27th, 2011 · No Comments · TFS Work Item Tracking, Tools and Utilities
Using the Team Foundation Power Tools (TFPT) you can… 1. Query work items using the command line: tfpt query /format:id /wiql:”SELECT [System.Id] FROM WorkItems WHERE [System.TeamProject] = ‘MyProject‘ AND [System.WorkItemType] = ‘Bug‘ AND [System.State] = ‘Active‘ AND [System.Reason] = ‘New‘” /collection:http://servername:8080/tfs 2. And by adding the pipe command you can change the work items returned […]
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Setting Remaining Work to Zero when closing a work item in TFS
July 30th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Team Foundation Server, TFS Process Customization, TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS Work Item Tracking, VSTS
Question: How can I make sure that the "Remaining Work" field is set to 0 when the work item is closed (for example when associating a work item during checking-in)? Short Answer: You can achieve this using the <COPY> rule on the transition to the "Closed" state. Step-by-Step instructions: For the desired transition (in this […]
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What are Test Name, Test Id, and Test Path used for?
May 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Team Foundation Server, TFS 2008, TFS Process Customization, TFS Work Item Tracking, VS Test Tools
If you create a work item out of a test result like this… … the three test fields get populated by Visual Studio: Read all details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms194965.aspx
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Tool for creating direct links to TSWA
March 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Downloads, Team System Web Access (TWA), TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS Work Item Tracking, Tools and Utilities, VSTS
Buck Hodges from Microsoft blogged about all the possible links you can construct to point to TSWA pages. For example the following URL opens the Work Item Editor: Open the existing work item with ID 1234: http://mytfs:8090/wi.aspx?id=1234 To make it simple I created a small tool that helps you construct those URLs in an easy […]
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Using rich HTML descriptions instead of plain text
January 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments · 9672, Team Foundation Server, TFS Extensibility, TFS Process Customization, TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS Work Item Tracking, VSTS
Objective Allow rich HTML formatting in description fields of the MSF Agile process template. Note: The MSF CMMI process does support HTML formatting by default. In order to use it you have to enable the formatting toolbar (see Step 6 below). Work Item Customization Step 1: Add a new HTML description field Since the System.Description […]
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A very Basic Process Template to start with
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Downloads, Team Foundation Server, TFS Administration, TFS Tips and Tricks, TFS Work Item Tracking, Work Item Customization
If you want to start small with your team project you might consider the “Basic Process Template” instead of the built-in MSF Agile and MSF CMMI process templates. It can find on MSDN. From the description: The basic process template includes: one work item type: bug, three queries: AllWorkItems, MyWorkItems, and MyWorkItemsAllTeamProjects, a basic Windows […]
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