Domain ing between MS project and MS team Foundation server (TFS)

TFS and MS Projects work together through their field ing files. TFS allows us to use this ing file to customize the behavior of publishing tasks from TFs to Ms projects.

To modify the ing file in XML format, we need to download it first, then make necessary modifications, and then upload them back to the server.

 

We use the following commandCodeDownload and upload a ing File
Tfsfieldmapping download tfsserver1 application mapfile. xml
Tfsfieldmapping upload tfsserver1 application mapfile. xml

 

We use XML ing elements to map fields between MS Projects and TFs.

Map elements to process several important attributes in the following table

Attribute	Description
Workitemtrackingfieldreferencename	Required. Specifies the reference name of the work item field.
Projectfield	Required. Specifies the name of the project domain. Specifies the name of the predefined domain starting with "PJ. For example, the task name column is pjtaskname. Specify the custom text field column to start with pjtasktext, followed by a digit, for example, pjtasktext11.
Projectname	Optional. Specifies the name displayed in the column to the user. If no value is specified for this attribute, the working domain name is used by default.
Projectunits	Optional. Specifies the unit type mapped to the project. Valid values are pjminute, pjhour, pjday, pjweek, and pjmonthunit.
Publishonly	Optional. If it is set to "true", the column is published to the work item database but not refreshed. This value is mainly used to calculate domains that do not need to be updated in the team resource manager. If it is set to "no", it indicates that the domain is released and refreshed simultaneously. If this parameter is not set, the default value is "no ".

<Mapping workitemtrackingfieldreferencename = "system. Title" projectfield = "pjtaskname"/>

If a domain is computed in the MS Project, it is best to set it to a read-only domain in TFs so that it will not be modified outside the MS Project but will be released at each synchronization.

 

The context field is a different type of work item. It displays the level relationship of the task. For example, if the task name is "risk plan", the context field of its subtask "Planning rishs" reads "Planning risks> risk plan ".

<Contextfield workitemtrackingfieldreferencename = ""/>

 

Other types of domains include: link and attachment domains, and synchronization domains.

 

To ensure that the domain is correctly copied between the TFS and Ms projects, we need to maintain the domain type. The following is a type comparison between TFs and Ms projects.

Work Item domain type	Project domain type
Integer	Work, units, numbers, and any other field type with values ranging from-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647.
Double	Work, units, percentages, fractions, and any other field type with a value range of ± 5. 0x10-324 to ± 1. 7x10308.
String	Text (the maximum number of characters is 255 .)
Datetime	Datetime.
Treepath	Custom outline codes.
Html	Not supported.
Plaintext	Not supported.
History	Not supported.

We can map any domain in the MS Project as long as it starts with pjtask.

 

Finally, we need to spend another time downloading and uploading the domain ing file. To download or upload a ing file, we need to use the tfsfieldmapping tool. Also, you must be a member of the Project Administrator group or have the permission to edit or view project-level information. In addition, you must have the permission to create a ing file in the local path.

The download command is as follows:

TfsfieldmappingDownloadTeam_foundation_serverTeam_projectMappingfile. xml

The Upload Command is as follows:

TfsfieldmappingUploadTeam_foundation_server team_projectMappingfile. xml

 

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