Index to XML Element Definitions for Process Template Plug-ins

By using the index of elements in this topic, you can look up the syntax structure and find examples of how to use each element of the schema definition for process templates.

In this topic

• Alphabetical Index

• Elements That Define the Root Plug-in for Process Templates

• Elements That Define Plug-in Tasks

• Type Definition Elements That Define Objects for Tracking Work

• Schema Definition Files for Customizing Process Templates

Warning

The schema definition for process templates uses a mix of camel-case and all capitalized elements. If you encounter errors when validating your type definition files, check the case structure of your elements. Also, the case structure of opening and closing tags must match according to the rules for XML syntax.

Alphabetical Index

activateFeatures CATEGORIES CATEGORY checkin_note Children Datasources DEFAULTWORKITEMTYPE (Category) Dependencies(ProcessTemplate) dependencies (Task) dependency (ProcessTemplate) dependency (task) description documentLibraries documentLibrary exclusive_checkout feature FIELD (Work Item Instance) FIELD FIELDS File files

folder (Portal) folder (Reporting) folders (Portal) folders (Reporting) get_latest_on_checkout Group group (ProcessTemplate) Groups (Groups) groups (ProcessTemplate) HYPERLINK LINKTYPE LINKTYPES member members Metadata name Node Nodes

parameter parameters permission Permission (Work Item Query) permissions plugin plugins Portal ProcessTemplate (root) ProcessTemplate (taskXml) Properties (Classification) properties (Reporting) property (Classification) property (Reporting) QUERIES Query QueryFolder Reference report ReportingServices reports

site (Reporting) site (Portal) task tasklist taskXml TeamFoundationServer TeamProject TestConfigurations TestResolutionStates TestSettings TestVariables WI Wiql WorkItemQuery WORKITEMS WORKITEMTYPE (Category) WORKITEMTYPE (Definition)

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Elements That Define the Root Plug-in for Process Templates

The ProcessTemplate file contains two main parent elements within the ProcessTemplate root element: metadata and groups. The syntax for each of the following elements and their child elements is described in ProcessTemplate XML Elements Reference.

• metadata: description, nnname, plugin, plugins

• groups: dependencies, dependency, group, tasklist

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Elements That Define Plug-in Tasks

You use the tasks element and its child elements to define the artifacts to be uploaded or specific elements to be created for each plug-in. You can access the topic that provides detailed information and examples for each plug-in and element in the following table.

Plug-in	Related topic	Elements
All	Defining the Tasks to Process a Plug-in	dependencies, dependency, ProcessTemplate, task, tasks, taskXml
Build	Defining the Initial Configuration of Team Foundation Build	Permission, ProcessTemplate
Classification	Defining the Initial Areas and Iterations in the Classification Plug-in	Children, Node, Nodes, properties, property
Groups and Permissions	Configuring Initial Groups, Members, and Permissions	group, groups, member, members, permission, permissions
Lab	Defining the Initial Configuration of Lab Management	Permission, ProcessTemplate
Portal	Defining the Project Portal Plug-in for a Process Template	activateFeatures, documentLibraries, documentLibrary, feature, file, files, folder, folders, Portal, site
Reports	Adding Reports to the Process Template	datasources, folder, folders, parameter, parameters, properties, property, reference, report, reports, ReportingServices, site
Test Management	Defining the Initial Configuration of Test Manager	dependencies, dependency, TestConfigurations, TestResolutionState, TestSettings, TestVariables
Version Control	Defining the Initial Configuration of Team Foundation Version Control	checkin_note, exclusive_checkout, get_latest_on_checkout, permission
Work Item Tracking	Defining and Customizing Objects for Tracking Work Items By Using the Work Item Tracking Plug-in	CATEGORIES, FIELD, GLOBALLISTS, HYPERLINK, LINKTYPE, LINKTYPES, Permission, Query, QueryFolder, QUERIES, WI, WORKITEMS, WORKITEMTYPE, WORKITEMTYPES

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Type Definition Elements That Define Objects for Tracking Work Items

In the Work Item Tracking plug-in, you can specify several type definition files and query definition files to upload. You can access the topic that provides detailed information and examples for each object and element in the following table:

Object	Related topic	Elements
Categories	Working with Work Item Type Categories	CATEGORIES, CATEGORY
Global lists	Defining Global Lists	GLOBALLIST, GLOBALLISTS, LISTITEM
Link types	Customizing How Work Items are Related through Link Types	LinkType, LinkTypes
Work item queries	Define a Work Item Query to Add to a Process Template	TeamFoundationServer, TeamProject, Wiql, WorkItemQuery
Work item types	All WITD XML Elements Reference	Top level elements only: DESCRIPTION, FIELDS (Definition), FORM, GLOBALLISTS, WITD, WORKFLOW, WORKITEMTYPE

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Schema Definition Files for Customizing Process Templates

You can download the schema files for defining the components of process templates from the following page on the Microsoft website: Process Template and Work Item Schemas for Visual Studio Team Foundation. For more information about how to use the schema files, see the following page on the Microsoft website: Using the Schemas to Edit Work Item Types and Process Templates for Team Foundation in Visual Studio.

See Also

Concepts

Work Item Type Definition Localization and Globalization

Determining the Scope of Your Customization Requirements

All WITD XML Elements Reference

Customizing Project Tracking Data, Forms, Workflow, and Other Objects

Change History

Date	History	Reason
August 2012	Removed links to global list elements which are not supported.	Content bug fix.
April 2011	Revised to provide an index to all elements that you can use to define process templates. Removed links to topics that are no longer supported.	Information enhancement.