How to: Open Source Code Files from Work Items

If you are using Team Foundation source control, source code files can be linked to a particular work item, allowing other members of your team to see what changes have been made in the source code to address a work item.

Required Permissions

To perform these procedures, you must be a member of the Readers group or have the View work items in this node and Read permissions set to Allow. For more information, see Team Foundation Server Permissions.

To open a source code file from a work item

  1. Open the work item that is linked to a source code file, and click the Links tab.

  2. On the Links tab, select a Versioned Item link, and click Open.

See Also

Concepts

Using the Check In and Pending Changes Windows