TRANSITIONS Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Specifies a collection of TRANSITION elements that define the valid state transitions for the work item type.

Schema Hierarchy

WORKITEMTYPE Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

    WORKFLOW Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

        TRANSITIONS Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

<TRANSITIONS>
    <TRANSITION>…</TRANSITION>
</TRANSITIONS>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element Description

TRANSITON

Required element.

Defines a valid state transition for the work item type.

Parent Elements

Element Description

WORKFLOW

Required element.

Contains a STATES element and a TRANSITIONS element that together define the workflow of the work item type.

Remarks

TRANSITIONS is a required child element of WORKFLOW.

minOccurs="1"

maxOccurs="1"

Element Information

Namespace

https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/workitemtracking/typedef

Schema Name

Work Item Type Definition

Validation File

WorkItemTypeDefinition.xsd

Element Type

Transitions

Can Be Empty

No

See Also

Reference

TRANSITION Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Other Resources

Defining Work Item Workflow