Remove Work Items from template

Hello Tim,

Yes, you can delete them from the process template and any new projects created will not have these work items. After you download the process template from the server, go to the WorkItem Tracking/workitems.xml file and delete the tasks that you don't use. Then save the xml file and upload the process template back to the server. You can choose to upload this as a new template (be sure to change the name in the processtemplate.xml file) or rewrite the original template.

Let me know how it goes.

YogitaManghnani at 2007-9-9 >

Tim,

1. In the Team Explorer, right click and select Team Foundation Server Settings -> Process Template Manager.
2. In the window that opens up, select the process template you want to customize and click Download. Save the template on your drive.
3. Open the folder where you stored the template and browse to MSF Agile Software Development Template\WorkItem Tracking.
4. Open the file WorkItems.xml - scroll down and you would find the work item definitions here in the <WORKITEMS> tag. Delete the items you do not need and save the file.
5. Open the file MSF Agile Software Development Template\ProcessTemplate.xml and change the contents of the <name> tag to something like My Template. THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT SINCE IF YOU DONT RENAME YOUR TEMPLATE, VSTS WOULD OVERWRITE ANY EXISTING TEMPLATES WITH THE SAME NAME.
6. Open the Process Template Manager again and click on Upload. Browse to the folder you saved the template at and click Upload.
7. VSTS validates your new template and uploads it into the system. You should see the name of your template in the Process Template Manager now.
8. Create a new project based on this template and you will not get the predefined work items.

Hope this helps.

Rahul Ohri

RahulOhri at 2007-9-9 >