Configure a board according to a query in Azure Devops

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Configure a board according to a query in Azure Devops

DUJARDIN.SAPIENS, Valentin 0

I am trying to configure boards in Azure DevOps so that a team can create a ticket on their board and have it also appear on another team's board when it has the correct tag. I thought of creating a query in the board settings, but I can't find anything in the board settings.

Miguel Gonçalves 971 Reputation points

2024-06-12T19:44:58.0333333+00:00

Hi Dij,
Try this if applicable to your case,

Make sure that work items (such as User Stories, Tasks, or Bugs) are tagged appropriately.
While you can’t directly configure boards to display work items based on tags, you can create shared queries that filter work items by tags. Each team can then pin these queries to their boards.
Create a query that includes the desired tags and other relevant criteria.
Share the query with both teams, and guide them to add it to their boards. This way, they’ll see work items matching the specified tags.
DUJARDIN.SAPIENS, Valentin 0 Reputation points

2024-06-13T09:26:58.57+00:00

Thank you, it's interesting, but how can we integrate queries into a board?

Thx

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Miguel Gonçalves 971 Reputation points

2024-06-12T19:44:58.0333333+00:00

Hi Dij,
Try this if applicable to your case,

Make sure that work items (such as User Stories, Tasks, or Bugs) are tagged appropriately.
While you can’t directly configure boards to display work items based on tags, you can create shared queries that filter work items by tags. Each team can then pin these queries to their boards.
Create a query that includes the desired tags and other relevant criteria.
Share the query with both teams, and guide them to add it to their boards. This way, they’ll see work items matching the specified tags.
DUJARDIN.SAPIENS, Valentin 0 Reputation points

2024-06-13T09:26:58.57+00:00

Thank you, it's interesting, but how can we integrate queries into a board?

Thx

Answer 1

Hi @DUJARDIN.SAPIENS, Valentin,

This question is better asked in https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/AzureDevOps. The team doesn't monitor questions on this particular forum. Having said that, I don't think what you're attempting to do is possible. The board is based on the backlog which is determined by the project configuration. The project configuration has the methodology being used, area path, iteration paths and dates, and work item types. It can't be changed so that it's backed a query.

That's not to say you can't leverage queries. You can still use queries and create new items within it; and assuming the area path is configured correctly, those items should appear on the board by default. The only way, I know of, to enforce a smaller scope is to utilize the area path that's been configured for the board.

Answer 2

Miguel Gonçalves 971

Hi DUJARDIN.SAPIENS, Valentin

Like Ryan Hill confirm you can’t directly integrate queries into a board.

One similar workaround out-of-box (but you need to test) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60240873/azure-devops-boards-display-query-result-on-a-board

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