Comments on: Limiting the AssignedTo dropdown-population for Team Foundation Server workitems http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/ Edward's Unicode Sequences Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Edward http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Edward Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:05:52 +0000 http://blog.edwardsmit.com/Limiting+The+AssignedTo+Dropdownpopulation+For+Team+Foundation+Server+Workitems.aspx#comment-621 Honestly Brad, I don't know. It's been a mighty long time since I've done some configuration of TFS. I advise you to ask the question to my good friend Marcel de Vries, who is MVP for Team System. His blog is at http://blogs.infosupport.com/blogs/marcelv/ Honestly Brad, I don’t know. It’s been a mighty long time since I’ve done some configuration of TFS. I advise you to ask the question to my good friend Marcel de Vries, who is MVP for Team System. His blog is at http://blogs.infosupport.com/blogs/marcelv/

]]> By: Brad http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Brad Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:38:34 +0000 http://blog.edwardsmit.com/Limiting+The+AssignedTo+Dropdownpopulation+For+Team+Foundation+Server+Workitems.aspx#comment-620 I've added my own field to my task template and I'd to limit the users to anyone in AD, mostly to validate them. Can this be done also? Using TFS2008 I’ve added my own field to my task template and I’d to limit the users to anyone in AD, mostly to validate them. Can this be done also?
Using TFS2008

]]> By: Marcel de Vries http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Marcel de Vries Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:08:54 +0000 http://blog.edwardsmit.com/Limiting+The+AssignedTo+Dropdownpopulation+For+Team+Foundation+Server+Workitems.aspx#comment-159 Tom, The same restriction is true for 2010. The points that the Team Project Template can be seen as the blueprint of all your projects. Once a project is instantiated, it is the same as with a c# class. You can manipulate only one instance at the time ;-) Now I understand your issue, since I have experienced the same for all our process template upgrades we do for our software factory. It is just a matter of building a simple UI that iterates all projects, select the once you want to upgrade to your new definition and then issue commands against the TFS API for each project to update the Work Item definitions. So there is a solution to the problem. Send me an email through my blog (http://blogs.infosupport.com/marcelv) and I will give you the details how you can automate this. Tom,
The same restriction is true for 2010. The points that the Team Project Template can be seen as the blueprint of all your projects. Once a project is instantiated, it is the same as with a c# class. You can manipulate only one instance at the time ;-)

Now I understand your issue, since I have experienced the same for all our process template upgrades we do for our software factory. It is just a matter of building a simple UI that iterates all projects, select the once you want to upgrade to your new definition and then issue commands against the TFS API for each project to update the Work Item definitions.
So there is a solution to the problem. Send me an email through my blog (http://blogs.infosupport.com/marcelv) and I will give you the details how you can automate this.

]]> By: tom http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/comment-page-1/#comment-158 tom Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:39:10 +0000 http://blog.edwardsmit.com/Limiting+The+AssignedTo+Dropdownpopulation+For+Team+Foundation+Server+Workitems.aspx#comment-158 Thanks for your answer. With this solution i must modify each file set (Bug.xml, QoS.xml, Risk.xml, Scenario.xml and Task.xml) for each current project in TFS, with the set of active directory people who are involved to this project. (and another set of people who are involved to another project. We have many projects. No GUI, no user mapping etc. I can believe it .... We are using TFS 2008, has TFS 2010 the same restrictions? Thanks for your answer.
With this solution i must modify each file set (Bug.xml, QoS.xml, Risk.xml, Scenario.xml and Task.xml) for each current project in TFS, with the set of active directory people who are involved to this project. (and another set of people who are involved to another project. We have many projects.
No GUI, no user mapping etc. I can believe it ….
We are using TFS 2008, has TFS 2010 the same restrictions?

]]> By: Edward http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Edward Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:37:38 +0000 http://blog.edwardsmit.com/Limiting+The+AssignedTo+Dropdownpopulation+For+Team+Foundation+Server+Workitems.aspx#comment-156 Hi Tom, [Project] should be replaced by the current project name. The files mentioned in the beginning of the post should be modified, so: "Bug.xml, QoS.xml, Risk.xml, Scenario.xml and Task.xml (located in the "MSF for Agile Software Development - v4.0\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions" directory)" Hope this helps Hi Tom,
[Project] should be replaced by the current project name.
The files mentioned in the beginning of the post should be modified, so: “Bug.xml, QoS.xml, Risk.xml, Scenario.xml and Task.xml (located in the “MSF for Agile Software Development – v4.0\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions” directory)”

Hope this helps

]]> By: tom http://blog.edwardsmit.com/2006/08/limiting-the-assignedto-dropdown-population-for-team-foundation-server-workitems/comment-page-1/#comment-155 tom Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:18:14 +0000 http://blog.edwardsmit.com/Limiting+The+AssignedTo+Dropdownpopulation+For+Team+Foundation+Server+Workitems.aspx#comment-155 - Is [Project] a TFS keyword for all projects or do you mean the current project name? - Which file must be modified? Each project file or is there a global file for this settings? - Is [Project] a TFS keyword for all projects or do you mean the current project name?
- Which file must be modified? Each project file or is there a global file for this settings?

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