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Always Overwriting custom Portfolio Backlog(initiatives) instead of adding

My On-Prem TFS Version is 16.122.27319.1 (Tfs2018.Update1.RC1). I'm following here to create an initiative backlog in my TFS. The output I want is like below (which having separate backlogs) But I'm getting the initiatives overwritten my Features,…
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How to get selected Backlog Item in Backlogs window?

I am developing a VSTS extension. I have added a panel in the backlog window. I want to get the selected backlog item on the click of a button in backlog panel. I cannot use WorkItemFormService as there is no active work item. Any alternatives?
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VSTS Agile Process Template - User Story as child of Epic and ignore Feature WIT

In Microsoft's VSTS, is there a way to have User Story as a child of Epic in the Agile process template, eg including when performing "mapping", without creating a VSTS custom process template? In the image below in the main content area, hide /…
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How to view TFS Scrum Bugs under PBIs in Backlog?

When checking in TFS under Work\Backlogs\Backlog items, any Sprint, I can see PBIs and linked tasks under them. However bugs I noticed are treated at the same level as PBIs, meaning I can never see a Bug under a PBI, but I can see a task under a…
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TFS Backlogs Iteration Group By

I made a new category called Deliverable and I would like to have the option to sort by that in the "Group By" dropdown which is displayed when viewing a iteration. What would need to be changed in the Agile template to make this…
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How to add nodes in VSTS Scrum backlog to group sprints?

In VSTS Scrum project, in the backlog, we have sprints organized in parent nodes "Past", "Current", "Future". But can we add others parent nodes (as Releases or milestones) to group sprints, to have this : > Release v1 Sprint 1 Sprint 2 >…
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How to set the backlog iteration using the VSTS Node API?

I'm trying to consume the vso-node-api, and I want to automatically set the backlog iteration for a team that I've created fresh using the API previously. I'm having some trouble using the updateTeamSettings in the…
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Getting Kanban throughput data from Microsoft VSO

I'm creating a throughput calculator for my team based on our data in the MS VSO tool. In order to accurately indicate the date we start work on a PBI I need to extract the date a PBI is committed to. Is it possible to query the MS VSO product in…
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'TFS build&release' Is there a way to change workitems' state included in the build when it occurs?

In tfs when automatic release occurs (each night) my team have to change their backlogitems asociated with this build to an state called 'ready for qa' next day, sometimes we forget it, if the build mark those backlogitems as 'ready for qa' when…
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Visual Studio - Wanting to rename friendly names such as user story / epic / backlog lables to something else

We are wanting to rename the labels in Visual Studio rather than using the default names. For example: Renaming "User Story" to say "Cards" I've tried a few things but to no avail to amend the User Story & Epic labeles. - Inheirted default AGILE -…
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VSTS Feature/PBI record the release version

I am looking for the easiest way to set up Target version for a Feature or Bug. i.e. this feature will go into release 1.2.3.4. We have two teams that work across multiple projects all working within a single project iteration. We use the area path…
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Changing the area path on the backlogs in VSTS

We're changing the area path on our user stories from MyApp\OldPath\MyTeam to MyApp\NewPath\MyTeam. It's pretty easy to change the stories. I'm trying to figure out how to do it for my backlog. I'm not seeing a way to do it. I'm reading some…
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Stop paying Jira account

What if I stop paying Jira, would I lose whole my backlog and other achievements of my team or it just would be frozen? And is there any way to backup all the data of account in the Jira? Thank you!
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Excel bottom up autofill/addition

I need to fill and add up the values in column with the value below, if the value is null or 0, I want it to use the previous field value. This is part of my backlog calculation, and I can't find/remember the formula I used last time. A is what I…
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tfs 2015 portfolio backlog and source control

We recently upgraded to tfs 2015. One of the features I'd like to implement is portfolio backlogs. We have a group of 7 developers split between 2 teams with a product manager for each team. I like the idea of a top level or "master" backlog where I…
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