Fields - Update

Reference

Service:: Work Item Tracking

API Version:: 7.1

Update a field.

PATCH https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/fields/{fieldNameOrRefName}?api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
fieldNameOrRefName	path	True	string	Name/reference name of the field to be updated
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path		string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
isDeleted	boolean	Indicates whether the user wants to restore the field.
isLocked	boolean	Indicates whether the user wants to lock the field.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	WorkItemField2	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.work_write	Grants the ability to read, create, and update work items and queries, update board metadata, read area and iterations paths other work item tracking related metadata, execute queries, and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Set field locked

Undelete a field

Set field locked

Sample request

HTTP

PATCH https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/_apis/wit/fields/{fieldNameOrRefName}?api-version=7.1

{
  "isLocked": true
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

persistent-Auth: true
lfs-Authenticate: NTLM
wwW-Authenticate: Negotiate oRswGaADCgEAoxIEEAEAAAAMDzOy0XQtlQAAAAA=

{
  "name": "New Work Item Field3",
  "referenceName": "Custom.TestField",
  "description": "New work item field for testing",
  "type": "string",
  "usage": "workItem",
  "readOnly": false,
  "canSortBy": true,
  "isQueryable": true,
  "supportedOperations": [
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Equals",
      "name": "="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotEquals",
      "name": "<>"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThan",
      "name": ">"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThan",
      "name": "<"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThanEquals",
      "name": ">="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThanEquals",
      "name": "<="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Contains",
      "name": "Contains"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotContains",
      "name": "Does Not Contain"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.In",
      "name": "In"
    },
    {
      "name": "Not In"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.InGroup",
      "name": "In Group"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotInGroup",
      "name": "Not In Group"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Ever",
      "name": "Was Ever"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.EqualsField",
      "name": "= [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotEqualsField",
      "name": "<> [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThanField",
      "name": "> [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThanField",
      "name": "< [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThanEqualsField",
      "name": ">= [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThanEqualsField",
      "name": "<= [Field]"
    }
  ],
  "isIdentity": false,
  "isPicklist": false,
  "isLocked": true,
  "isPicklistSuggested": false,
  "url": "http://localhost/DefaultCollection/_apis/wit/fields/Custom.TestField"
}

Undelete a field

Sample request

HTTP

PATCH https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/_apis/wit/fields/{fieldNameOrRefName}?api-version=7.1

{
  "isDeleted": false
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

persistent-Auth: true
lfs-Authenticate: NTLM
wwW-Authenticate: Negotiate oRswGaADCgEAoxIEEAEAAAAMDzOy0XQtlQAAAAA=

{
  "name": "New Work Item Field3",
  "referenceName": "Custom.TestField",
  "description": "New work item field for testing",
  "type": "string",
  "usage": "workItem",
  "readOnly": false,
  "canSortBy": true,
  "isQueryable": true,
  "supportedOperations": [
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Equals",
      "name": "="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotEquals",
      "name": "<>"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThan",
      "name": ">"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThan",
      "name": "<"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThanEquals",
      "name": ">="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThanEquals",
      "name": "<="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Contains",
      "name": "Contains"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotContains",
      "name": "Does Not Contain"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.In",
      "name": "In"
    },
    {
      "name": "Not In"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.InGroup",
      "name": "In Group"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotInGroup",
      "name": "Not In Group"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Ever",
      "name": "Was Ever"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.EqualsField",
      "name": "= [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotEqualsField",
      "name": "<> [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThanField",
      "name": "> [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThanField",
      "name": "< [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.GreaterThanEqualsField",
      "name": ">= [Field]"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.LessThanEqualsField",
      "name": "<= [Field]"
    }
  ],
  "isIdentity": false,
  "isPicklist": false,
  "isPicklistSuggested": false,
  "url": "http://localhost/DefaultCollection/_apis/wit/fields/Custom.TestField"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
FieldType	The type of the field.
FieldUpdate	Describes an update request for a work item field.
FieldUsage	The usage of the field.
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
WorkItemField2	Describes a field on a work item and it's properties specific to that work item type.
WorkItemFieldOperation	Describes a work item field operation.

FieldType

The type of the field.

Name	Type	Description
boolean	string	Boolean field type.
dateTime	string	Datetime field type.
double	string	Double field type.
guid	string	Guid field type.
history	string	History field type.
html	string	HTML (Multiline) field type.
identity	string	Identity field type.
integer	string	Integer field type.
picklistDouble	string	Double picklist field type. When creating a double picklist field from REST API, use "Double" FieldType.
picklistInteger	string	Integer picklist field type. When creating a integer picklist field from REST API, use "Integer" FieldType.
picklistString	string	String picklist field type. When creating a string picklist field from REST API, use "String" FieldType.
plainText	string	Plain text field type.
string	string	String field type.
treePath	string	Treepath field type.

FieldUpdate

Describes an update request for a work item field.

Name	Type	Description
isDeleted	boolean	Indicates whether the user wants to restore the field.
isLocked	boolean	Indicates whether the user wants to lock the field.

FieldUsage

The usage of the field.

Name	Type	Description
none	string	Empty usage.
tree	string	Treenode field usage.
workItem	string	Work item field usage.
workItemLink	string	Work item link field usage.
workItemTypeExtension	string	Work Item Type Extension usage.

ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name	Type	Description
links	object	The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.

WorkItemField2

Describes a field on a work item and it's properties specific to that work item type.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
canSortBy	boolean	Indicates whether the field is sortable in server queries.
description	string	The description of the field.
isDeleted	boolean	Indicates whether this field is deleted.
isIdentity	boolean	Indicates whether this field is an identity field.
isLocked	boolean	Indicates whether this field is marked as locked for editing.
isPicklist	boolean	Indicates whether this instance is picklist.
isPicklistSuggested	boolean	Indicates whether this instance is a suggested picklist .
isQueryable	boolean	Indicates whether the field can be queried in the server.
name	string	The name of the field.
picklistId	string	If this field is picklist, the identifier of the picklist associated, otherwise null
readOnly	boolean	Indicates whether the field is [read only].
referenceName	string	The reference name of the field.
supportedOperations	WorkItemFieldOperation[]	The supported operations on this field.
type	FieldType	The type of the field.
url	string
usage	FieldUsage	The usage of the field.

WorkItemFieldOperation

Describes a work item field operation.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Friendly name of the operation.
referenceName	string	Reference name of the operation.

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Fields - Update

URI Parameters

Request Body

Responses

Security

oauth2

Scopes

Examples

Set field locked

Sample request

Sample response

Undelete a field

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

FieldType

FieldUpdate

FieldUsage

ReferenceLinks

WorkItemField2

WorkItemFieldOperation

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