public ProcessWorkItemTypeField Field_AddSystemFieldToWorkItemType()
{
string fieldName = "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Activity";
ProcessWorkItemTypeField processWorkItemTypeField = null;
System.Guid processId = Context.GetValue <Guid>("$processId");
VssConnection connection = Context.Connection;
WorkItemTrackingProcessHttpClient client = connection.GetClient <WorkItemTrackingProcessHttpClient>();
//get the list of fields on the work item item
Console.Write("Loading list of fields on the work item and checking to see if field '{0}' already exists...", fieldName);
List <ProcessWorkItemTypeField> list = client.GetAllWorkItemTypeFieldsAsync(processId, _witRefName).Result;
//check to see if the field already exists on the work item
processWorkItemTypeField = list.Find(x => x.ReferenceName == fieldName);
//field is already on the work item, so just return it
if (processWorkItemTypeField != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("field found");
return(processWorkItemTypeField);
}
else
{
//the field is not on the work item, so we best add it
Console.WriteLine("field not found");
Console.Write("Adding field to work item...");
AddProcessWorkItemTypeFieldRequest fieldRequest = new AddProcessWorkItemTypeFieldRequest()
{
AllowGroups = false,
DefaultValue = String.Empty,
ReadOnly = false,
ReferenceName = fieldName,
Required = false
};
processWorkItemTypeField = client.AddFieldToWorkItemTypeAsync(fieldRequest, processId, _witRefName).Result;
Console.WriteLine("done");
return(processWorkItemTypeField);
}
}
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);
}