FIELDS Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Specifies a collection of FIELD elements that reference the field definitions contained in the work item type.

<FIELDS>
    <FIELD>…</FIELD>
</FIELDS>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element Description

FIELD

Required element.

References a work item field definition and the rules and conditions that apply to the field. The reference is based on the STATE, TRANSITION, DEFAULTREASON, or REASON element that its parent FIELDS element is a child of.

Parent Elements

Element Description

STATE

Required element.

Defines a valid state for the work item type and contains a FIELDS element that defines the field values for the state.

TRANSITION

Required element.

Defines a valid state transition for the work item type.

DEFAULTREASON

Required element.

Defines the default reason for the occurrence of a state transition.

REASON

Optional element.

Defines other reasons for the occurrence of a state transition.

Remarks

FIELDS is an optional child element of STATE, TRANSITION, DEFAULTREASON, and REASON.

minOccurs="0"

maxOccurs="1"

Element Information

Namespace

https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/workitemtracking/typedef

Schema Name

Work Item Type Definition

Validation File

WorkItemTypeDefinition.xsd

Element Type

FieldReferences

Can Be Empty

No

See Also

Reference

FIELD Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)
STATE Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)
TRANSITION Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)
DEFAULTREASON Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)
REASON Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Other Resources

Defining Work Item Type Fields