Process template plug-ins: Index to XML element definitions

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.

Important

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)

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 Process template XML elements reference.

• metadata: description, nnname, plugin, plugins

• groups: dependencies, dependency, group, tasklist

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	Define the tasks to process a plug-in	dependencies, dependency, ProcessTemplate, task, tasks, taskXml
Build	Define the initial configuration of Team Foundation Build	Permission, ProcessTemplate
Classification	Define the initial areas and iterations in the classification plug-in	Children, Node, Nodes, properties, property
Groups and Permissions	Configure initial groups, teams, members, and permissions	group, groups, member, members, permission, permissions
Lab	Define the initial configuration of Lab Management	Permission, ProcessTemplate
Portal	Define the project portal plug-in for a process template	activateFeatures, documentLibraries, documentLibrary, feature, file, files, folder, folders, Portal, site
Reports	Add reports to the process template	datasources, folder, folders, parameter, parameters, properties, property, reference, report, reports, ReportingServices, site
Test Management	Define the initial configuration of Test Manager	dependencies, dependency, TestConfigurations, TestResolutionState, TestSettings, TestVariables
Version Control	Define the initial configuration of Team Foundation version control	checkin_note, exclusive_checkout, get_latest_on_checkout, permission
Work Item Tracking	Define objects for tracking work items using the work Item tracking plug-in	CATEGORIES, FIELD, GLOBALLISTS, HYPERLINK, LINKTYPE, LINKTYPES, Permission, Query, QueryFolder, QUERIES, WI, WORKITEMS, WORKITEMTYPE, WORKITEMTYPES

Type definition elements that define objects for tracking work

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	Categories XML element reference	CATEGORIES, CATEGORY
Global lists	Define global lists	GLOBALLIST, GLOBALLISTS, LISTITEM
Link types	Define a custom link type	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

See Also

Concepts

Localization and globalization of WITD child elements

All WITD XML elements reference

Customize work tracking objects to support your team's processes