Viewing Backlog Item Details
From a backlog item's details page, you can view and manage all of the attributes associated with the backlog item.
Accessing Backlog Item Details
To access the Backlog Item Details, click on a backlog item title or ID anywhere within the application.
Other Things You Can Do
From the Backlog Item Details page, you can also perform these high-level functions:
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View or update backlog item details | Click the Details tab. |
View the change history for a backlog item | Click the History tab. |
View a graphical representation of the backlog item's relationships to other assets | Click the Visualize tab |
View ideas submitted by the team for possible integration into project work | Click the Ideas tab. From there, you can view additional details and assign ideas to team members. |
Edit backlog item details | 1. Click on the Pencil icon next to the field you want to change. Note that your changes are highlighted in yellow. 2. Make the appropriate changes, and then press Enter on your keyboard. You can also click on the Edit button, and then select options from the drop-down menu to perform many more granular functions (Plan Backlog Item, Add Task, Add Test, Generate Parent Epic, Copy, Sign Me Up, Block, Split, Quick Close, Close, Convert to Defect, Delete, and Watch Backlog Item). |
Generate a new idea from the backlog item or backlog item | Select Generate Idea from the Edit menu. |
Viewing or Managing Backlog Item Details
From the Show Relationships section at the bottom of the Backlog Item Details page, you can perform the following functions by clicking the Add or Assign buttons for the associated action. For any items you add or assign, you can click Remove in the grid to remove them from the selected Backlog Item.
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Add a new task | Go to Tasks and click Add Inline. |
Add a new test | Go to Tests and click Add Inline. |
Assign upstream dependencies from available backlog | Go to Upstream Dependencies and click Assign. |
Assign downstream dependencies from available backlog | Go to Downstream Dependencies and click Assign. |
Identify (select) issue(s) that have been resolved | Go to Issues Resolved and click Assign. |
Select an existing issue to assign as a blocking issue | Go to Blocking Issues and click Assign. |
Select existing backlog items that are affected by the defect | Go to Breaks Workitems and click Assign. |
Select an existing issue to assign as a blocking issue | Go to Blocking Issues and click Assign. |
Select an existing request | Go to Requests and click Assign. |
Select an existing defect that breaks the selected backlog item | Go to Broken By Defects and click Assign. |
Designate the most current build(s) affected by the defect | Go to Last Affected Pipeline Runs and click Assign. |
Add a new link to remote documentation | Go to Links and click Add. |
Add a new file attachment | Go to Attachments and click Add. |
Related concepts
Managing stories backlog items