public WorkItemField CreateWorkItemField()
{
WorkItemField newlyCreatedWorkItemField = new WorkItemField();
WorkItemField newWorkItemField = new WorkItemField()
{
Name = "New Work Item Field",
Description = "New work item filed for testing",
Type = FieldType.String
};
VssConnection connection = Context.Connection;
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient workItemTrackingClient = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
try
{
newlyCreatedWorkItemField = workItemTrackingClient.CreateFieldAsync(newWorkItemField).Result;
Context.SetValue <string>("$newlyCreatedWorkItemFieldName", newlyCreatedWorkItemField.Name);
Console.WriteLine("Work Item Field Create Succeeded.");
}
catch
{
Console.WriteLine("Work Item Field Create Failed.");
}
return(newlyCreatedWorkItemField);
}
public WorkItemField Field_CreatePicklistField()
{
//get process id stored in cache so we don't have to load it each time
System.Guid processId = Context.GetValue <Guid>("$processId");
System.Guid picklistId = Context.GetValue <Guid>("$picklistId");
VssConnection connection = Context.Connection;
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient client = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
WorkItemField field = null;
Console.Write("Searching to see if field '{0}' exists....", _fieldRefName);
try
{
field = client.GetFieldAsync(_fieldRefName).Result;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex.InnerException.Message.Contains("TF51535: Cannot find field"))
{
field = null;
}
}
if (field == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("field not found");
Console.Write("Creating new picklist field and setting it to former picklistId....");
field = new WorkItemField()
{
ReferenceName = _fieldRefName,
Name = "Colors",
Description = "My new field",
Type = TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi.Models.FieldType.String,
IsPicklist = true,
PicklistId = picklistId,
Usage = FieldUsage.WorkItem,
ReadOnly = false,
IsIdentity = false,
IsQueryable = true
};
WorkItemField newField = client.CreateFieldAsync(field).Result;
Console.WriteLine("Done");
return(newField);
}
Console.WriteLine("field found");
return(field);
}
public static WorkItemField AddField(VssConnection connection, string refname, string name, string type)
{
WorkItemTrackingHttpClient client = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi.Models.FieldType fieldType = SetFieldType(type);
WorkItemField workItemField = new WorkItemField()
{
Name = name,
ReferenceName = refname,
Type = fieldType
};
var result = client.CreateFieldAsync(workItemField).Result;
return(result);
}
public async Task EnsureFieldExists(string fieldRefName, string name, string description, string workItemType, Guid processId)
{
var field = await witClient.GetFieldAsync(fieldRefName);
if (field == null)
{
field = await witClient.CreateFieldAsync(new WorkItemField()
{
Name = name,
Description = description,
ReferenceName = fieldRefName
});
}
await witProcessClient.AddFieldToWorkItemTypeAsync(
new AddProcessWorkItemTypeFieldRequest()
{
ReferenceName = field.ReferenceName
}, processId, workItemType);
}
