Iterations have an identifier and a name. Identifiers are used inside
the process specification to refer to iterations.

The names are used in the UI such as the work item editor. The UI
doesn't usually show iteration paths as they can get long pretty
quickly. Long paths are not too useful in the UI. E.g., either the drop
downs in the work item editor would need to be rather wide or the user
user would have to scroll horizontally to see the full path.

Iteration names can be changed without invalidating the process
specification, the iteration hierarchy, or anything else. Thus, when you
have a situation in which two names are the same you can easily change
one of them.

Kai
Jazz Process Team


lngooi wrote:

Since I can create a hierarchy of iterations, why does the 'planned
for' field in the work item just show a simple iteration name instead
of an iteration path? If I were to create two iterations with the
same name, then they would both appear in the 'planned for' field
with their simple name and you couldn't distinguish one from another.
Is this a bug or is this deliberate?

Just trying to get a better understanding.

Lorelei