Hi,

When I decide in Operation Behavior that estimates preconditions (corrected estimate, estimate and time spent) are obligated, are these attributes obligated only when I decide to resolve work item, or I can set that some of them are obligated before resolving, in some other WF state that comes before resolving?
For example, when I want to set work item in status Opened, I want that attribute estimate become obligated etc... I didn't yet find the way to do it.

Any help?

Thanks, Milan

Hi Milan,

If you want to specify which "states" a certain field is mandatory for, you're almost there.

In the Operation Behavior screen where you defined the mandatory fields, you will see a two column list at the bottom right hand corner that has column headers "Category or Type" and "Attributes".

In short, the "Category or Type" refers to the different Work Item categories and types that have been defined (i.e. basic Work Item category, Requirement, Story, etc...). For example, a Defect is by default of type "workItemType" and thus it goes through the states defined under the "com.ibm.team.workItem.workItemType" category. Select the appropriate category from that list and you will see a list of states that that work item category/type goes through.

From there, you would select the state that you want the estimation properties to be mandatory for and click the "Edit" button on the right hand side. Select the field(s) that you want to be mandatory and click "OK". That's it!

Hi,

When I decide in Operation Behavior that estimates preconditions (corrected estimate, estimate and time spent) are obligated, are these attributes obligated only when I decide to resolve work item, or I can set that some of them are obligated before resolving, in some other WF state that comes before resolving?
For example, when I want to set work item in status Opened, I want that attribute estimate become obligated etc... I didn't yet find the way to do it.

Any help?

Thanks, Milan

Hi Milan,

If you want to specify which "states" a certain field is mandatory for, you're almost there.

In the Operation Behavior screen where you defined the mandatory fields, you will see a two column list at the bottom right hand corner that has column headers "Category or Type" and "Attributes".

In short, the "Category or Type" refers to the different Work Item categories and types that have been defined (i.e. basic Work Item category, Requirement, Story, etc...). For example, a Defect is by default of type "workItemType" and thus it goes through the states defined under the "com.ibm.team.workItem.workItemType" category. Select the appropriate category from that list and you will see a list of states that that work item category/type goes through.

From there, you would select the state that you want the estimation properties to be mandatory for and click the "Edit" button on the right hand side. Select the field(s) that you want to be mandatory and click "OK". That's it!

Hi Jonahese,

I understand what you want to tell me, I already did that for all other fields, but as I see, field which are in precondition group of estimates fields (corrected estimate, estimate and time spent), are independent, and they are not under precondition group required properties, they are in other group named required estimate precondition. In group required properties I can see what you told me, but in required estimate precondition I can only pick these three fields: corrected estimate, estimate and time spent without offering in which states they will be obligated.

In group required properties I can see what you told me, but in required estimate precondition I can only pick these three fields: corrected estimate, estimate and time spent without offering in which states they will be obligated.

Now, I understand your dilemma. I just tried it out and see the same thing that you did. I'll leave this to the developers to address.