Work Item Field Types

Work items can contain different types of fields to capture data about the work item.

Field Type Descriptions

The following table describes the field types and how to fill them in on your work item forms.

Field Type	Example from MSF for Agile Software Development	Description
Text	Title	Accepts any text. There might be a limit on the number of characters for a text field.
Drop-down list box	Priority	Accepts only the values available in the drop-down list.
Date	Activated Date	Accepts dates in supported date formats.
Long text	Description	Accepts extended text and limited text formatting.
History	History	Records comments chronologically. You can add an entry to this field, but cannot change any saved entries.