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Tweet Today I got a interesting questions from a customer – How I can force format to a version field? I said cool finally I can use the MATCH Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema) to set a regex for System.Title field, The MATCH rule doesn't support full regular expressions , but a simplified version. <MATCH pattern="pattern to match" for="user name" not="user name" /> Enforces basic pattern matching for strings only. <pattern> should be replaced...
Since 2009 I ‘m writing about TFS API and several people asked to get an index page with all parts related to TFS API, so here is it: Basic TFS API Part 1: Domain Picker TFS API Part 2: Domain Picker Using Registered Servers (Cache) TFS API Part 3: Get Project List Using ICommonStructureService TFS API Part 4: Get TFS User List (Mail, Sid, Account, Domain) TFS API Part 7: Use IEventService To Get User Event Subscriptions TFS API Part 8: Subscribe/Unsubscribe Events Using IEventService TFS API Part...
TFS API Part 24 – Get All Fields From TFS I got an email regarding previous post ( TFS API Part 6: WorkItemStore - Get Fields From WorkItemType ) how to get Fields without regard to Work Item Type? This is very easy using Team System API. Download Demo Project Step 1: Create Project and Add Reference Create an WPF/WinForm application and add the following references: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0...
Create OLAP Failed – XML parsing failed at line 1, column 0: A document must contain exactly one root element. I’ve visit one of my customers and saw a strange error in the event log: Errors in the metadata manager. An error occurred when instantiating a metadata object from the file, '\\?\C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.2\OLAP\Data\TfsWarehouse.0.db\Today.886.dim.xml'. Detailed Message: Create OLAP failed Exception Message: XML parsing failed at line 1, column 0: A document must...
The Ultimate Offer – TFS For Everyone In my previous posts I’ve talked about TFS 2010 Server Licensing , 500$ for TFS retail it’s a very good price, But I have MSDN Subscription Do I Need To Pay More? You don’t need to pay any additional fee, the opposite, you will get a Free Upgrade with many new features and new tools. Each version of Visual Studio 2010 includes a Team Foundation Server , so if you have Visual Studio 2008 Professional with MSDN Professional you can upgrade to Visual Studio 2010...
Problem Creating Work Item Store From Web Service (Work Item Tracking Metadata Cache) I create a Web Service for a customer and during the development I had a little problem getting WorkItemStore object. Error 1: Cannot complete the operation. An unexpected error occurred. Stake: at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.DataStore.HandleComException(Int32 hr) at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.DataStore.DatastoreClass.ConnectEx(String connectionString...
Cannot open database "TfsWarehouse" requested by the login I Installed TFS 2008 on Server 2008 with SQL 2008, everything during the installation went fine except the reports. When I tried to process the cube using SSMS I got the following error: Detailed Message: Cube processing runtime error: \r\nMicrosoft.AnalysisServices.OperationException: Internal error: The operation terminated unsuccessfully.Internal error: The operation terminated unsuccessfully.OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error...
TFS Installation Troubleshooting After I have finish installing everything TFS needs new screen appears and gave the option to pick how I want to set my TFS server. I' have picked to install using “Default Configuration” and click “Start Wizard”. But the Configuration Wizard had couple of errors… I went back to the start screen and now I picked to use Custom Configuration. The reason is that I didn’t use the default SQL instance name so I need to change it. ...
TFS 2010 Installation in 30min First thing I have to say is: It was Fast! The new installation of Team Foundation Server 2010 is easy, fast and user friendly. You can install components of Team Foundation on any supported 64-bit or 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003, with the exception of any Itanium-based editions. After we finished the installation a new window will appear called “Team Foundation Server Configuration”. This screen will help you adjust TFS to desire...
How To Add Check In Policy I know this is something that almost every one knows but some people don’t so here it is: To perform this action you need to be Administrators of Team Foundation version control. Open Team Explorer – Right click on your Team Project –> Team Project Settings – > Source Control Choose “Check-in Policy” tab and add the policies you want. Test your Check-in policy by performing check-in in source control. For additional policies download Team Foundation...
TFS Check-in Validation Tool There is a new version available in CodePlex Project Description The TFS Check-in Validation Tool extends TFS Team Build 2008 by enabling buddy build queuing (pre-checkin), validating checkins using shelvesets, and build agent pooling, all from the VS 2008 IDE. Buddy Build Process Flow
Announcing TFS Performance Report Pack Grant Holliday upload TFS Performance Reports that Microsoft use. Quote” We have a responsibility to ensure that the server is performing as expected and to identify any efficiencies that can be made in the server or the tools. To do this, we have created a number of reports that we use ourselves and make available to our own users. “ The Full Article + Download Execution Time Summary Server Status - Source Control Request Queue Server Status - Top Users...
TFS 2008 - Quality Center Connector is now available The December pre-release of the TFS 2008 - Quality Center Connector is now available for download. This release is packaged as a Microsoft Installer (MSI) package and includes a Viewer (GUI), Console (command-line) and Service versions of the Quality Center Connector. In many customers I see that QA works with QC and the development works with Team System, this is a great solution for this kind of situation. Before Installing make sure you read...
Everything you ever wanted to know about locks in TFS phkelley's just published a great post on Everything you ever wanted to know about locks . All you need to know about TFS locks and cool stuff using tf command-line . Enjoy.
How To: Set Work Item Creation\Edit Permission Using Area Path Some times you don't want a specific User or Group will be able to create or edit a Work Item. This is one way how to perform this action. Open Team System with User in Administrator Group. Click on the desire Team Project -> Right Click -> Team Project Settings - > Area and Iterations Here you pick the Level. You can set the Root or a lower Area, and Click on "Security" Select the desire Group / User and check...
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