This server side plugin, for TFS 2013 update 2 up to TFS 2017 RTM, enables running custom script when Work Items change, allowing dynamic calculation of field values in TFS and more. (For example: Dev work + Test Work = Total Work).

The complete documentation is available on the project's Documentation Site.

Changelog

What's new in v2.2

• Support for TFS 2017
• Macro snippets and Functions for Rules and make code more modular
• Ability to specify server URL
• Support for multiple workitem Ids in Console application (issue #178)
• Ability to Send email from Rules
• Migrated CI build from AppVeyor to VSTS
• Use of GitVersion to manage Semantic Versioning

What's new in v2.1.1

• Fixes important bug causing very high CPU usage (see #160).

What's new in v2.1

• Support for TFS 2015.2, TFS 2015.2.1 and TFS 2015.3
• Extended logging in debug version
• Ability to override base Uri of the aggregator
• Improvements in the setup
• Adds PreviousRevision/NextRevision properties to Work Items to navigate history
• Adds Uri field to Work Items
• Removed policyscope on Workitem template GUID and revision (didn't work anyway)

What's new in v2

• A 'real' Scripting language (C#, VB, Powershell)
• Scoping allows select which rules apply to which Team Project
• Enhanced filtering to trigger rules when conditions are met
• Console application to quickly test new rules
• Richer logging
• Test harness and modularity to ease adding new features
• Create new Work Items and Links using rules
• and more...

Example Uses

• Update the state of a Bug, PBI (or any parent) to "In Progress" when a child gets moved to "In Progress"
• Update the state of a Bug, PBI (or any parent) to "Done" when all children get moved to "Done" or "Removed"
• Update the "Work Remaining" on a Bug, PBI, etc with the sum of all the Task's "Work Remaining".
• Update the "Work Remaining" on a Sprint with the sum of all the "Work Remaining" of its grandchildren (i.e. tasks of the PBIs and Bugs in the Sprint).
• Sum up totals on a single work item (i.e. Dev Estimate + Test Estimate = Total Estimate)
• Create new work items
• Create new work item links

Contributing to the Project

Please read the Contributing document.