Defining enumerations

An enumeration is a type of work item attribute that describes a set of values. For example, in the Scrum process, the Priority and Severity attributes are enumerations. You can use enumerations to define new attributes, and you can add and modify values for existing attributes.
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Enumerations consist of a set of literals in a specific order. You must designate one literal as the default literal, which is selected when a user creates a work item. You can use the same enumeration in multiple custom attributes.
  1. In the Team Artifacts view of the Work Items perspective, right-click the project area and select Open.
  2. Click the Process Configuration tab. Expand Project Configuration, then Configuration Data, and then Work Items. Click Enumerations. Select the enumeration that you want to edit, or click Add to define a new enumeration. Click Add in the Enumeration section to add a literal to the enumeration. Enter a name for the value. Click Add Icons and navigate to a graphics file to use as the icon for that literal. Use Move Up and Move Down to adjust the order in which the values appear in the Work Item editor. Select one literal to be the default. To make an enumeration attribute a required field, define an Unassigned literal and select this literal in the Unassigned Literal field. See Defining required and implied properties. When you finish adding and editing enumeration literals, click Save to save your changes.

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