Track Bugs as task on TFS 2012 project dashboard

Question

I follow this article

to add bugs to task board on TFS. It works. But the problem is that the initial state of created bug is "Active", I want it to be in "New" State, so I modify the workflow according to "Task" workflow. When I go into the backlog, it give me a error message

TF400917: The current configuration is not valid for this feature. This feature cannot be used until you correct the configuration.

I googled but nothing useful. Is there anybody could help on this?

Answer 1

You need to remove the none existing state "Active" from CommonProcessConfig, so first export it:

witadmin exportcommonprocessconfig /collection:"CollectionURL" /p:MyProject /f:"DirectoryPath/CommonConfiguration.xml"

Remove the Active entry:

<TaskWorkItems category="Microsoft.TaskCategory" pluralName="Tasks" singularName="Task">
<States>
  <State value="New" type="Proposed" />
  <State value="Active" type="InProgress" /> <-- this one needs to be removed, if there is no "Active" state in Bugs or Tasks
  <State value="Resolved" type="InProgress" />
  <State value="Closed" type="Complete" />
</States>

Import the updated config file:

witadmin importcommonprocessconfig /collection:"CollectionURL" /p:MyProject /f:"DirectoryPath/CommonConfiguration.xml"