I have scoured the internet for a Process template editor for TFS 2018. We used to have a TFS 2013 on premise version and when i edit work item types, i normally do it in process editor in Visual studio since its easier with the GUI than doing the witadmin import/export. Since we moved to TFS 2018, the process editor i have installed is not working anymore and figured that we might need a new version to be installed compatible for TFS 2018. When i searched for it, i only found this link. Is there any way we can edit a template via GUI on TFS 2018?
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No any way can edit a wit template via GUI on TFS 2018 itself.
You have to prepare the compatible version of Visual Studio (VS 2015 or VS 2017) and with Process Editor (Power Tools) installed with it. Then you can connect to TFS 2018 and edit work item types with the Process Editor via GUI.
Visual Studio 2015 : Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Power Tools
Visual Studio 2017 : TFS Process Template Editor
You can use the latest VS extension that works with VS 2019, here is the link Process Template Editor
BTW, I thought that my Process Editor stopped working as well, but it turns out that the form preview is useless now if you have upgraded to DevOps. You can define the WebLayout, but you have to do that directly in the XML instead of through the editor. The editor still works for define fields and workflow and allows you to not have to use the witadmin command line to import and export WIT definition files.
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