TF26062..Why..?

Question

I want to restrict a certain group from changing the value of a certain field.  I would like to use;
<READONLY not="[project]\groupX"/>

I want to apply this logic to the following field;
<FIELD name="Iteration Path" refname="System.IterationPath" type="TreePath" reportable="dimension">

When I attempt to validate the change I get;
Error: TF26062: Rule '<READONLY not="[project]\groupX"/>' is not supported for the field 'System.IterationPath'.

WHY?
Is there a different way for me to restrict certain groups from changing the value of said field?
Is it the case that this particular field cannot be restricted for certain reasons?

Any ideas/help/suggestions is greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and help.

P

Answer 1

Hi Peter,

Thanks for reporting this issue.

It is true that there are some paticular fields which can't be applied rules. You can find most of them at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.teamfoundation.workitemtracking.client.corefieldreferencenames_fields.aspx

Some exceptional fields in the list are:
System.AssignTo
System.ChangedBy
System.Description
System.Reason
System.State
System.Title

The other core fileds are not allowed to apply any rules on it.

Sorry that I can't find any documentation or reason for it. You can choose to report this issue to http://connect.microsoft.com.

Hongye Sun [MSFT]
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