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Using RTC for task tracking, is there a way to add a work item to a 'Plan' that has a different 'Filed Against' value?

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Michael Haun
(49●2●19●24) Apr 02 '14, 3:25 p.m.
I'm not talking about cross project planning where you can track groups of items with different 'Filed Against' values.  I mean if I have a project with a 'Filed Against' value of "Product 1" with a corresponding plan, and I want to add just one work item with a different 'Filed Against' value, can I do this?  I've been experimenting with the Plans in RTC and I haven't discovered how to do this.  When I open a plan and click "Add Work Item" and choose "Add Existing Work Item..." and then I add a work item I want, it doesn't actually show up if the "Filed Against" value is different.  Any ideas?

Thank you.

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Millard Ellingsworth
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER Apr 02 '14, 5:47 p.m.
While what you explicitly ask about isn't possible (see @sdetweil 's answer), if you explain what you are trying to accomplish, we might be able to come up with some suggestions. 

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sam detweiler
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Apr 02 '14, 5:29 p.m.
 Plan is People (teamarea) doing Work (workitems) over Time (Iterations)

so, filed against gets you to the team area. it will include everything in that teamarea and its children team areas. 

Plans cannot contain arbitrary workitems.. they must be in the hierarchy of the teamarea selected. (thru the filed against)

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Arne Bister
JAZZ DEVELOPER Apr 02 '14, 4:48 p.m.
Sam has essentially said it all. You can read more details on how to do effective planning with RTC in article 594 on jazz.net. Please mark Sams answer as accepted if this answers your question. Feel free to include additional details of the use case you are trying to achieve, so the community can provide a more detailed answer. - Arne

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Michael Haun
(49●2●19●24) Apr 04 '14, 9:34 a.m.
I found one way to do what I was hoping and that is using "Categories" section in edit project area.  I can define a team and then have various "Filed Against" values for those team members default to the team/timeline.  This allows it to show up in a Plan.

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sam detweiler
Apr 04 '14, 9:43 a.m.
correct, that is the way.. using filed against (cataegory) to get the workitem to be for the right team who is covered by the plan.  

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