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Is it possible to pre-prepopulate the Summary/Description fields of a work item

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Lewis Tsao
(217●49●63) Aug 29 '13, 11:22 a.m.
We need the description field of our Story work item to be in a certain format with standard text, we also need to have the summary field to include standard text.

Is it possible to prepopulate these with standard text?

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Lewis Tsao
Aug 29 '13, 11:32 a.m.

Before anyone says use work item template, there are minor issues with this
and it is NOT possible to create work item from template in a plan

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Clement Liu
(1.5k●5●43●49) Aug 29 '13, 11:25 a.m.
Hi Lewis,

Have a look at this. Hope it helps. Thanks.

Default Values

A default value customization can be used to provide an initial value for an attribute when creating a new work item. Default values can be created and managed in Project Configuration > Configuration Data > Work Items > Attribute Customization > Default Values.

Default values have been shown to be very useful in the following situations:

  • A summary prefix that indicates the work item's category and and creation date: "[Category @ Date]:".
  • A guideline description that outlines how to describe a task.
  • A smart severity that selects an initial severity value depending on who filed a defect.

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