Assign to field is missing while reporting a bug

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Assign to field is missing while reporting a bug

Test Enginer 06-26-2008, 6:01

I am not finding the assign to field while reporting a bug in VSTS.

i want to assign the bug to the devloper while reporting it so that devloper can find it in his assigned to items.

can any one tell me how can i customize this field in my bug template ?

Prompt reply will be highly appriciated as i need to get it Done ASAP

Thanks.

Re: Assign to field is missing while reporting a bug

DLB 07-10-2008, 8:32
Start your Visual Studio Command Prompt, this should have all the programs you need in the path.

First use witExport to export the bug definition from TFS.

witExport /f bug.xml /t http://tfsserver:8080 /p TeamProject /n bug

Once you have the bug.xml on your machine make a backup copy so you can replace the bug in your team project if you need to. You need to modify the bug.xml to show the ‘Assigned To’ field which is already defined in the FIELDS element of the WORKITMETYPE.

You will need to modify the FORM section of the WORKITEMTYPE to display the controls to show the ‘Assigned To’ drop down.

I would recommend you locate

<Control FieldName="System.State" Type="FieldControl" Label="Current Status" LabelPosition="Left" />

and paste the text below under that tag.

<Control FieldName="System.AssignedTo" Type="FieldControl" Label="Owned By" LabelPosition="Left" />

Save the file and run witImport

witImport /f bug.xml /t http://tfsserver:8080 /p TeamProject

NOTE: You will need to refresh your Team Explorer before this change will take effect. Also note this will only affect the Team Project you import the bug.xml file too. All other Team Projects including future Team Projects will have the old bug format. You would have to update the process template to have it changed for future projects.

Re: Assign to field is missing while reporting a bug

etropic 08-26-2008, 7:48
Correct me if I'm wrong... but isn't this field missing by design? The same with the other Product Backlog Items.

Re: Assign to field is missing while reporting a bug

craigfisher 10-30-2008, 8:49
Reading the guidance, yes, it does appear to be by design. A bug should be treated as a PBI.
http://scrumforteamsystem.com/processguidance/v2/Artefacts/Bugs.aspx