Team Web Access 2010 not showing all users in Assigned To dropdown.

Question

I have a TFS Group, Assignable Users, which contains a Windows group, Applications Devs.  THe work item xml looks like this:

<FieldDefinition reportable="dimension" refname="System.AssignedTo" name="Assigned To" syncnamechanges="true" type="String">
  <VALIDUSER for="[global]\Assignable Users" />
  <VALIDUSER not="[global]\NonAssignable " />
  <HELPTEXT>The person currently working on this story</HELPTEXT>
</FieldDefinition>

Problem:

- Not all users in Application Devs are showing up in TeamWeb Access. -
- The behaviour does not occur in Team Explorer!

Question: How do I ensure that all members of a windows group get shown in the AssignedTo dropdown on Team Web Access?

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Jean-Pierre Fouché

Answer 1

If you want to have Assigned to field populated with a certain group you should use group attribute instead of for. For and not seem to control to whom the rules apply whereas group specifies for whom the rule applies.

I know this a bit confusing but that's what I understood from the following link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997577

And please make sure that you reset the app pool of Web Access after making any change in the work item type definition.

Serkan

Answer 2

Hi Serkan,

There seems to be a variance between Team Web Access and Team Explorer.  I use the Process Editor toadd the xml, using the 'group' attribute.  Unfortunately, even after iisreset and recycling the Team Web Access app pool, I do not see certain users in the Assigned To field in Team Web Access, even though they belong to the specified group. The list is fine in Team Explorer, however.

Jean-Pierre

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Jean-Pierre Fouché