Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) Blog - by Neno Loje

Setting Remaining Work to Zero when closing a work item in TFS

Question:

How can I make sure that the "Remaining Work" field is set to 0 when the work item is closed (for example when associating a work item during checking-in)?

Short Answer:

You can achieve this using the <COPY> rule on the transition to the "Closed" state.

Step-by-Step instructions:

1. For the desired transition (in this example from "Active" to "Closed").
   
   
   
2. Add a field reference to "Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.RemainingWork"
   
    
   
3. Add a new rule of type "COPY"
   
   
   
4. Choose From = "value" and enter value = "0"
   
   
   
5. The resulting XML should look something like
   
    
   
6. Verification: After transitioning a task work item from "Active" to the "Closed" state "Remaining Work" is set to zero.