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I added a custom field (Test Prime) in TFS. Since I wanted a drop down of valid TFS users, I copied the setup of the Assigned To control (String, Dimension, ALLOWEXISTINGVALUE, VALIDUSER, and SYNCNAMECHANGES). I want to be able to set up an alert triggered when: 

Test Prime Changes to [Me] or Test Prime Changes from [Me]

but "[Me]" or "@Me" does not seem to grab the current user. It's under the drop down menu of Assigned To so I don't see why I can't get access to this variable. Is it because this is for a non-core field and [Me] is only available for core fields? If yes, is there a workaround because I haven't been able to find any.

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  1. set the syncnamechanges="true" in the custom field definition. If the workitem template cannot be uploaded, use the witadmin tool to update the syncnamechanges attribute.
  2. in the alert rule, use @@MyDisplayName@@ placeholder instead of [Me] or @Me.
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  • just be careful about the space after @@MyDisplayName@@. I spent an hour for finding it in alerts – Ozgur Apr 21 '15 at 10:22
  • also this property can be updated with witadmin.exe with below commands path %PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE; witadmin changefield /collection:"" /n:"" /syncnamechanges:true /noprompt – Ozgur Apr 21 '15 at 10:23