The set of work item types defined for a project area depends
on the process template that the project area uses. You can define
additional work item types for your project.
About this task
Types are grouped into type categories. For example, in the
Scrum process, the Defect work item type belongs to the com.ibm.team.workitem.workItemType
category. All types of a type category share the same custom attributes
and follow the same workflow.
- In the Team Artifacts view of the Work
Items perspective, right-click the project area and select Open.
- Click the Process Configuration tab.
Expand Project Configuration, then Configuration
Data, and then Work Items. Select
the type category that the new work item type belongs to, or click Add
Category to create a category. In the Work
Item Types section, click Add.
Enter a name for the new type. By default, the ID field
is populated with the same value that you enter into the Name field,
but it is in lowercase. You can edit the ID field value. The process
templates include a set of icons that you can use. Select one of the
existing icons, or click Add Icons and navigate
to a graphics file to use as the icon for the new work item type.
Each type can have a set of aliases, which you can add and
remove in the Alias table. An alias is another
name for the work item type, which you can use to create a text link
in the Summary, Description, and Discussion fields of a work item.
For example, you can refer to defect 123 as bug 123 when bug is an
alias for defect.
- To add an attribute to the type category, click Add in
the Custom Attributes section. In the Add Custom
Attribute dialog, enter a name for the attribute and select a type.
To re-use an attribute that is defined for another type category,
click Reuse Existing Attribute and select the
attribute from the Attribute list.
In
addition to common data types such as string, enumeration, integer,
and boolean, you can use the following types that are references to
items:
- Category (for attributes similar to Filed Against)
- Contributor (for attributes similar to Owner)
- Iteration (for attributes similar to Planned For)
- Project Area and Project Area lists
- Release (for attributes similar to Found In)
- Tags
- Team Area and Team Area lists
- User lists
- Work Item and Work Item lists
- Click Save to save your changes.
What to do next
After you add a type category, you must bind that type category
to a workflow. After you add a type, you must bind that type to an
editor presentation.