Hierarchicaly linked work items

Hi,

We know that two work items can be linked togeteher. But say we link work item A with work item B, then there is automatically a link from B to A.

But our requirement is to create work items which are hierarchical in nature. Say Requirement 1 is divided into Requirement 2, 3, 4 and these may be divided into further requirements and/or tasks. Now if we create that kind of scheduling in MPP, we want to publish it in VSTS but w/o double sided links (only one sided links). Or probably we come up with a query which displays the scheduling nearest to the one present in MPP. How could we achieve this

Thanks,

Saurabh



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Hierarchicaly linked work items

  • Nexus_019

    Naren is right that work item links are not directional.  However, based on how you set up your process template, you may be able to determine the direction by looking at the types of the related work items.  For example, a link from a "Feature" work item to a "Task" work item may be able to be interpreted as tasks necessary to implement that feature.

    Brian


  • Sajid Saeed

    We did the same thing for tasks...we created a new task type called "Summary Task" and link individual items to it...then I can roll up the individual tasks to the summary tasks to get status at a higher level...
  • muku

    Saurabh,

    The workitem links are directionless and hence I do not think what you are trying is possible in V1.



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