Restrict Work Item Access
There are many question and answers on this but not quite got to the answer that I am looking for !!!
In a PA, I have nested teams and categories
Project Area
Team 1
Team A
Team B
Team 2
Team
So basically by turning the Restrict Work Item Access on at the category on the PA and associating each Category with their Team, I would have expected that if a user was added at the higher level, ie Team 1, then they could view and create WIs at the Team A & Team B level but find you have to be added to both Team A and Team B, the problem with this, is that you can assign WIs to users that are only supposed to be viewing the WI in that Team
In a PA, I have nested teams and categories
Project Area
Team 1
Team A
Team B
Team 2
Team
So basically by turning the Restrict Work Item Access on at the category on the PA and associating each Category with their Team, I would have expected that if a user was added at the higher level, ie Team 1, then they could view and create WIs at the Team A & Team B level but find you have to be added to both Team A and Team B, the problem with this, is that you can assign WIs to users that are only supposed to be viewing the WI in that Team
2 answers
There is no way currently to say "restrict access to this work item to members of this team area and members of any parents of this team area". You should feel free to submit an RFE requesting this functionality.
Please check the following library article that describes current behavior:
https://jazz.net/library/article/837
In shortL
https://jazz.net/library/article/837
In shortL
- Note that the visibility based on category was initially meant for root-level team areas. In a hierarchy of team areas, the visibility heritage then works in a bottom-up manner (see References).
- The different types of access restriction features are not meant to be used in combination. If you really need to restrict access to some work items, choose the one that better fits your needs.