You can quickly assess your work load using My Work view. You can
view newly assigned work items and work items for current and future iterations.
You can assess your current work load and change the order, priority, and
other properties for your work items. Double-click work items to open them
in the work item editor.
To add the My Work view:
- Click .
- The first time you add the view, click the link to Select a project area. Select a project and click OK.
- Use the drop-down menu
in My Work view to select a different project area and
configure other settings and preferences for the view. - To add a color code to work items in this view based on attribute
values, select from the drop-down menu. In the Expression field,
use the syntax described in Table 1 to
specify attribute values for the colors.
Common features in My Work view
The following features are common to the Inbox, Current Work, and Future Work sections:
- Double-click a work item in a section to open it in the work item editor.
- Right-click a work item for more options.
- To modify a work item property, such as priority and duration, click the property icon.
- Entries with unsaved changes are marked with an asterisk. Click the Save icon
in the My
Work toolbar to save your changes to a work item.
The following features are common to the Current Work and Future Work sections:
- Alerts are displayed to left of a work item entry; for example, an alert is shown if the work item's estimated completion falls beyond its due date. Hover on the alert for more information.
- Right-click a work item and click Show Details to display a table of the work item's details.
- Right-click a work item and click Show Recent News to display the latest changes to the work item.
- Right-click a work item and click Show Work Time to display the corrected estimate and time spent for the work item. Click the icons for these attributes to change the values. You can also expand or collapse a work item by selecting it and pressing Alt+Right Arrow.
- Use the drop-down menu in a section and click Group By Color to
organize work items by the color coding specified in the Colorize settings
for the view.
The My Work view saves changes to work items in the view after a brief
period of inactivity in the work item. This automatic save operation does
not occur if the work item is being edited in another view. To disable this
feature, click the drop-down menu for this view and clear the Automatically
Save Changes option.