TFS 2005-vs-2008 Report Differences - New and Removed Reports

Max Yermakhanov's Blog - Fixing TFS reports after an upgrade/migration to TFS 2008

"Microsoft has made quite a few changes to reports in TFS 2008. As you can see form the table below in TFS 2008 we do not only have 6 new reports, but some of the existing reports have been modified/removed (new reports are in red, removed reports are in orange).

TFS 2005 default reports

TFS 2008 default reports

Actual Quality vs Planned Velocity Bug Rates Bugs by Priority Bugs Found Without Corresponding Tests Builds Load Test Summary Project Velocity Quality Indicators Reactivations Regressions Related Work Items Remaining Work Scenario Details Tests Failing Without Active Bugs Tests Passing With Active Bugs Unplanned Work

Actual Quality vs Planned Velocity Bug Rates Bugs by Priority Bugs Found Without Corresponding Tests Builds Exit Criteria Issues List Load Test Detail Load Test Summary Project Velocity Quality Indicators Reactivations Regressions Related Work Items Remaining Work Scenario Details Tests Failing Without Active Bugs Tests Passing With Active Bugs Unplanned Work Work Item with Tasks Work Item with TestResults Work Items

This means that when you upgrade/migrate to Team Foundation Server 2008, your reports will no longer work as the schema has changed. To resolve the issue you need to download the new process template (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718795.aspx) and add or update your reports on TFS server.

To add new report:

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To update existing report:

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This hasn't bitten us yet, but it's good to know. I don't know if I've seen this anywhere else (but given the number of feeds I scan it's very possible I just missed it...) so I'm glad Max noted it (as well as gave instructions on how to add new/update existing reports).