Wednesday, September 05, 2007

New Information on Creating Custom Reports for Team Foundation Server

Visual Studio Team System Developer Center - Getting Started With Custom Reports for Team System

"To better track your team's progress in Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, you can create reports that highlight the data that is most important for your project. By creating your own reports, you can drill down on specific information that is not analyzed by the default reports in Team Foundation Server. In addition, you can customize how your reports are run, displayed, and delivered to each member of your team.

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Creating Reports

You can use the procedures in the following table to experiment with different approaches for creating a report.

Tool Source of Data Procedure

Excel

Analysis Services Database

How to: Create a Report in Microsoft Excel for Team System

Excel

Work Item Query

How to: Create a Work Item List

Report Designer

Analysis Services Database

How to: Create an Aggregate Report for Team System using Report Designer

Report Designer

Relational Database

How to: Create a Detailed Report for Team System using Report Designer

Managing Reports

After you have created your report, you can then share it and manage permissions and other properties of the report. For more information, see Managing Reports in Reporting Services for Team System and Managing Excel Reports for Team System in the Project Portal.

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Additional "How To" help for creating custom TFS reports.

(via Visual Studio Team System User Education - New Content Available on Creating Custom Reports)

 

Related Past Post XRef:
Free Guide to Creating, Modifying and Installing TFS Reports and Understanding the TFS Data Warehouse
Understanding the Team Foundation Server Data Warehouse
Sample TFS Reports

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