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Work Items (How Do I in Team Foundation)

Visual Studio 2008

This page links to help on widely used work item tasks. To view other categories of popular tasks covered in Help, see How Do I in Team Foundation.

How to: Add New Work Item Queries: Describes how to create new queries.
How to: Run Work Item Queries: Describes how to run queries.
Working With Work Item Queries: Describes how to create complex queries using query clauses.
How to: Create a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project File from a Work Item Query: Describes how to create a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan from a query.
How to: Go To Specific Work Items: Explains how to find a specific work item by its ID.
How to: Find and Edit Work Items Assigned to You: Explains how to find and edit work items assigned to you.
How to: Send Work Item Queries in E-Mail: Describes how to send a work item query to others in e-mail.

How to: Make a Work Item Obsolete: Describes why work items cannot be deleted, and how to close them properly.
How to: Work Offline in Microsoft Excel: Describes how to work with work items when you are not connected to the network.
How to: Access Process Guidance in Team Explorer: Explains how to get more information for how to fill out specific work item fields.
How to: Add or Edit Alerts: Explains how to get notified when a work item changes.
How to: Modify Work Items: Explains how to update multiple work items at the same time.

How to: Create a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project File from a Work Item Query: Describes how to create a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan from a query.
How to: Create a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project File from a Work Item Query: Describes how to create a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan from a work item query, or from the results list.
How to: Add Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to add new work items to the work item database using Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word.
How to: Connect to Team Foundation from Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to connect to a Team Foundation server from Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project.
How to: Import Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to import work items from the work item database into a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan.
How to: Add a Link in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to add links and attachments in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

How to: Publish or Refresh Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to publish work items to the work item database, and how to refresh work items with changes from the work item database.
How to: Resolve Data Conflicts in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to resolve a data conflict that occurs when publishing changes to the work item database.
How to: Resolve Data Validation Errors in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project: Describes how to resolve a data validation error that occurs when publishing changes to the work item database.

How to: Create a Work Item List: Describes how to create a work item list in Microsoft Excel.
How to: Add or Remove Columns in the Work Item List: Describes how to add or remove columns in a Microsoft Excel work item list.
How to: Connect a Work Item List to a Work Item Query: Describes how to connect a work item list to a work item query so that the work item list synchronizes based on the query.
How to: Remove Work Items in Microsoft Excel: Describes how to remove work items from a work item list in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project.

How to: Remove Work Items in Microsoft Project: Describes how to remove work items from a Microsoft Project plan.
How to: Enable or Disable Publishing of Work Items in Microsoft Project: Describes how to control work item publishing so that some work items are not published to the work item database.

Walkthrough: Migrating ClearQuest Work Items to Team Foundation: Describes how to convert work items from a ClearQuest database.

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