JRS can't work on customized work items?
Accepted answer
There may be a few reason why a custom attribute doesn't show up in 6.0.x:
1. It may not have been synchronized into the Report Builder Meta data yet. This happens on a twice daily schedule or you can manually refresh the Data source to force the meta data synchronized.
2. In 6.0 - if there is no data stored for the custom attribute yet, then RB won't be able to discover that the custom attribute exists. In 6.0.1 we have better schema description of the custom attributes such that this isn't a problem in there.
3. It may be special kind of custom attribute (Complex type) that we don't support yet. For instance we don't support custom attributes of type "Work Item" yet. Current we support all the common types such as "Integer, String, Enumeration etc.). We have a story that captures this: 376959: User would like to support complex custom attributes (i.e. of type Iteration or Work Item) and add conditions and add them as columns. Please vote for it if you would like to see this capability in a future release.
2 other answers
JRS supports custom attributes. See https://jazz.net/forum/questions/167078/is-it-true-that-jrs-reports-do-not-support-custom-attributes for some hints.
Comments
Ralph,
I read the article you recommended, thanks! And yes, looks it ever worked well before on JRS 502. However, I tried again on my 6.0, and then 6.01, the same , on the "Set Condition" and "Columns" pages, I can't see the customized attributes from the "Attributes From" selection list, and further, this time, I noticed, the WorkItem type only displayed "Workitem", no other item type listed ... This is why I can't select my custom attribute at all - because my custom item was not listed.
So, is this work as design? or a defect? Curious, it worked in 502 ...