how can I change my process template?

Question

      now, I want  to select  the  MSF for Agile Software Development  as my  process template,  but  It   only  have  five   workitems,   I  want to  add  a  Requirement   workitem,   how  can  I   do ?   expect  your  help!

     another    question:

      first  I   download     the   MSF for Agile Software Development   process  template,    I   do  nothing   to  it  ,then  I    upload   it   directly,   but  error   arises,  it   said:"can't    upload   the   process  template,   please    see  the  error  log"    why   not?

    

Answer 1

What did the error log say?

Answer 2

Check out the documentation here on customizing process templates: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms195025(VS.80).aspx

You'd have to create a new work item type definition file (work off of an existing one) and add necessary details to the workitems.xml.

You can use a UI tool such as Process template editor http://www.imaginets.com/Default.aspx?tabid=133 if editing the xml file directly is confusing.

Did you change the name of the process template (in processtemplate.xml) before re-uploading it? If not, maybe that conflict caused the upload to fail.

Good luck!

Answer 3

        I  study the article in msdn, but I still can't change my process template successfully, why? expect your help!

        I  operate as follows:

       first,  I  download  the  MSF for Agile Software Development  process template  in process template editor to my  document. 

       second,  I  changed the name of the process template to ''my  process  template'' as  follow   in  ProcessTemplate.xml   in  the  MSF for Agile Software Development  folder 

            <ProcessTemplate>
                           <metadata>
                           <name>my  process  template</name>    

        third,  I  add a   Requirement   workitemtype  in  the  workitems.xml   in  WorkItem Tracking  folder  like this :

       <WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Bug.xml"/>
        <WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Task.xml"/>
        <WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Qos.xml"/>
        <WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Scenario.xml"/>
        <WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Risk.xml"/>
        <WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Requirement.XML"/>

        then,   I  cope  the  QoS.XML   and   save as Requirement.XML  in TypeDefinitions  folder

     please  see the  next   one

Answer 4

      in  Requirement.XML  ,  I  replaced  all   the   "服务质量要求"  in  chinese  into "需求"  and  changed  only one  field  into

<FIELD name="需求类型" refname="Microsoft.VSTS.Common.RequirementType" type="String" reportable="dimension">
    <HELPTEXT>需求的类型</HELPTEXT>
    <REQUIRED/>
    <ALLOWEDVALUES>
     <LISTITEM value="关键需求"/>
     <LISTITEM value="一般需求"/>
     <LISTITEM value="增值需求"/>
    </ALLOWEDVALUES>
</FIELD>

and  

<Layout>
    <Group>
     <Column PercentWidth="70">
      <Control Type="FieldControl" FieldName="System.Title" Label="标题(&amp;T):" LabelPosition="Left"/>
     </Column>
     <Column PercentWidth="30">
      <Control Type="FieldControl" FieldName="Microsoft.VSTS.Common.RequirementType" Label="类型(&amp;Y):" LabelPosition="Left"/>
     </Column>
    </Group>

       but,  the refname="Microsoft.VSTS.Common.RequirementType"   does't  exist,   so  I    add  a   field  in  FileMapping.xml in Classification  folder  like  this :

       <Mapping WorkItemTrackingFieldReferenceName="Microsoft.VSTS.Common.RequirementType" ProjectField="pjTaskText22"/>

        fourth, in  the  process template editor ,  I   click  the  "upload"  button,  then  select  the  MSF for Agile Software Development   folder  that   I   have  already   changed ,   After   running  for  two  minutes ,   the   process   template   upload  successfully,   oh,  my  god,   I  succeed   at  last!

        Thanks   very much!

        In the  process  of   my   writing   this   reply,    I    succeed.    but    why   I    say  I   failed   in  the  previous   article,   that  is   because   I   forget   to   change   the   part

<Layout>
    <Group>
     <Column PercentWidth="70">
      <Control Type="FieldControl" FieldName="System.Title" Label="标题(&amp;T):" LabelPosition="Left"/>
     </Column>
     <Column PercentWidth="30">
      <Control Type="FieldControl" FieldName="Microsoft.VSTS.Common.RequirementType" Label="类型(&amp;Y):" LabelPosition="Left"/>
     </Column>
    </Group>

Thanks   a  lot!    this   question   is    resolved.      

Answer 5

After uploading the template fails, please check the log - what error does it report?

Most likely you're seeing an error saying that existing fields cannot be renamed. Both friendly names and reference names are global to the TF server - this is current design limitation. Therefore if any field in your XML already exists and has a different name from one defined in the XML, uploading the methodology will fail.

Thanks,

Alex