Workitem Attributes [1]

Attributes identify the information that you want to capture when users create and modify work items. Attributes are similar to fields in records. Work item types include all the built-in attributes that are listed in below Table. Note, however, that not every ready-to-use work item presentation is configured to display all of the built-in attributes in the Rational Team Concert™ Eclipse and web clients. You can customize the attributes that a work item type contains and the presentations that are used to display these attributes. For example, you can customize attributes to add behavior. Such behaviors can include validating an attribute value, or setting an attribute value that is based on other attribute values.

All the attributes of the rtcclient.workitem.Workitem can be accessed through dot notation and dictionary.

Built-in Attributes

Table1. Built-in Attributes

Name	Type	ID	Description
Archived	Boolean	archived	Specifies whether the work item is archived.
Comments	Comments	comments	Comments about the work item.
Corrected Estimate	Duration	correctedEstimate	Correction to the original time estimate (as specified by the Estimate attribute) to resolve the work item.
Created By	Contributor	creator	User who created the work item.
Creation Date	Timestamp	created	Date when the work item was created.
Description	Large HTML	description	Detailed description of the work item. For example, the description for a defect might include a list of steps to follow to reproduce the defect. Any descriptions that are longer than 32 KB are truncated, and the entire description is added as an attachment.
Due Date	Timestamp	due	Date by which the resolution of the work item is due.
Estimate	Duration	estimate	Estimated amount of time that it takes to resolve the work item.
Filed Against	Category	filedAgainst	Category that identifies the component or functional area that the work item belongs to. For example, your project might have GUI, Build, and Documentation categories. Each category is associated with a team area; that team is responsible for responding to the work item.
Found In	Deliverable	foundIn	Release in which the issue described in the work item was identified.
Id	Integer	identifier	Identification number that is associated with the work item.
Modified By	Contributor	modifiedBy	User who last modified the work item.
Modified Date	Timestamp	modified	Date when the work item was last modified.
Owned By	Contributor	ownedBy	Owner of the work item.
Planned For	Iteration	plannedFor	Iteration for which the work item is planned.
Priority	Priority	priority	Ranked importance of a work item. For example, Low, Medium, or High.
Project Area	ProjectArea	projectArea	Area in the repository where information about the project is stored.
Resolution	Small String	resolution	How the work item was resolved.
Resolution Date	Timestamp	resolved	Date when the work item was resolved.
Resolved By	Contributor	resolvedBy	User who resolved the work item.

Table2. Built-in Attributes (cont’d)

Name	Type	ID	Description
Restricted Access	UUID	contextId	Scope of access to the work item.
Severity	Severity	severity	Indication of the impact of the work item. For example, Minor, Normal, Major, or Critical.
Start Date	Timestamp	startDate	Date when work began on the work item.
Status	Small String	state	Status of the work item. For example, New, In Progress, or Resolved.
Subscribed By	Subscriptions	subscribers	Users who are subscribed to the work item.
Summary	Medium HTML	title	Brief headline that identifies the work item.
Tags	Tag	subject	Tags that are used for organizing and querying on work items.
Time Spent	Duration	timeSpent	Length of time that was spent to resolve the work item.
Type	Type	type	Type of work item. Commonly available types are Defect, Task, and Story.

[1]	Workitem Customization Overview