Work Items can be manually associated on the Build Request Form for each project build, or work items can be derived based on commit logs. Work Items are linked to build only if they are found to be valid based on Project’s Issue Tracking configurations.
Associating Work Items Manually on a Build Request Form
FlexDeploy ITS Work Items are added to the Build Request using just their number.
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Once a build is submitted, the build workflow will attach the tickets entered in the above Related Tickets field to the request. You can see the description and link to tickets in the build and deploy rows and in the Work Items section by clicking the Execution Id link.
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Associating Work Items to builds using commit messages in the Change Logs
Work Items are also associated to a build from the source control change logs during a build for each project. The change logs are parsed based on the Ticket Pattern provided in the Project configuration or Issue Tracking System setup page. You can define a single pattern or multiple patterns separated by comma.
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