You use the tasks element and its child elements to define the artifacts to be uploaded or specific elements to be created for a plug-in. A task specifies work that must occur to configure something specific to the process in a new team project. A number of the tasks that you define upload the work item types, work item queries, documents, and reports for a team project. Other tasks that you can define configure other areas of Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management, such as Team Foundation Build, Visual Studio Lab Management, Test Manager, and Team Foundation version control.
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Tasks Syntax Structure
You can specify several tasks within a plug-in, and these tasks may have dependencies on one another. The tasks that you define for each plug-in must conform to the schema definition for tasks, defined in the Tasks.xsd file, and be specified in its own file using the tasks container element.
The following syntax shows the high-level structure of the tasks element and its child elements.
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<tasks> <task> <dependencies> <dependency /> . . . </dependencies /> <taskXml> . . . </taskXml> <task/> </tasks> | |
Tasks Element Reference
The following table describes each element that can define the tasks for a plug-in.
Element | Syntax | Description | ||||||
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dependencies |
| Optional child element of task. Specifies other groups on which a group depends. | ||||||
dependency |
| Optional child element of dependencies. Specifies the ID of another task on which this task depends. The other task must complete before this task can start. | ||||||
ProcessTemplate |
Where each attribute is defined as follows:
| Optional child element of taskXml element for the Build and Lab plug-ins. Specifies the name, location, and destination of a file to upload to support build processes for a team project. | ||||||
task |
| Required child element of tasks. Specifies work that must occur to configure something specific to the process in a new team project.
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tasks |
| Required child element of taskXml. Contains a collection of task elements that each specify work that must occur to configure something specific to the process in a new team project. | ||||||
taskXml |
| Required root element for a plug-in file. Describes the work that is required to complete this task. The XML inside this element block varies and is specific to each plug-in.
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NoteIndex to taskXML Elements by Function
For more information about the specifics of the XML markup elements that you can specify for each plug-in, see one of the following topics:
Build:
Classifications: Define the initial areas and iterations in the classification plug-in
Groups and Permissions: Configure initial groups, teams, members, and permissions
Portal: Define the project portal plug-in for a process template
Reports: Add reports to the process template
Test Management: Define the initial configuration of Test Manager
Version Control: Define the initial configuration of Team Foundation version control
Work Item Tracking: Define objects for tracking work items using the work Item tracking plug-in
Example: Defining Types of Work Items
The following example shows a task that creates six types of work items by referencing the definition files for each type.
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<task
id="WITs"
name="WorkItemType definitions"
plugin="Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.WorkItemTracking"
completionMessage="WorkItemTypes created"
completionDescription = "Processing work item types used by work item tracking">
<taskXml>
<WORKITEMTYPES>
<WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Bug.xml" />
<WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\SharedStep.xml" />
<WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Task.xml" />
<WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\TestCase.xml" />
<WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\UserStory.xml" />
<WORKITEMTYPE fileName="WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Issue.xml" />
</WORKITEMTYPES>
</taskXml>
</task> | |
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