How to use existing fields?

Question

Hello friends,

I am modifying a work item that requires a few fields that have already been defined within the project collection. In keeping with best practices I want to use these fields in my work item. How do I use these existing fields? Do I simply copy the existing field's attributes and create the new field in the work item with those attributes?

for example:

[existing field attributes defined in XML]

<FIELD reportable="dimension" refname="Co.TestSME" name="Test SME" type="String">
        <ALLOWEXISTINGVALUE />

Use this to define the new field?

Best regards

Clint

Answer 1

Hi Clint,

Yes, you can just reuse the originally defined custom work item field and use it in other work items and Team projects.
Very similar question was already answered: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfsgeneral/thread/257f074d-972e-42e0-a338-0bc9deae631c
You can also look at the MSDN documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd695793.aspx

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