Will deleting values from enumeration type affect any current work item use this enumeration value?
Hi,
I have attributes that uses enumeration values, and I need to shorten the list of enumeration values available for user. but I'm not sure if there are work items already using this enumeration values that I'm going to delete. Will this current work items affected if I delete this enumeration values that is used by them?
or it is OK to delete the values from the enumeration list?
Thank you.
I have attributes that uses enumeration values, and I need to shorten the list of enumeration values available for user. but I'm not sure if there are work items already using this enumeration values that I'm going to delete. Will this current work items affected if I delete this enumeration values that is used by them?
or it is OK to delete the values from the enumeration list?
Thank you.
One answer
If you delete the enumeration value(s) which the users are using, when open the affected workitems or the query which will show the value in the affected values, you will see the value field showing the literal id instead of value. In Workitem, the user will see the [red x]attaching to the enumeration field if the type is enumeration(Not enumeration list). The user needs to manually choose a new value(for Enumeration type) or delete the literal id and select a new value(Enumeration List). In either situation, the more impact to the end users if that the literal id value could confuse them if they see the unexpected literal id value due to the deletion.
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