The Associate Tab
The associate tab is a tool for creating work items based on an existing, skinned
work item (For more information on what a skinned work item is, see
Skins). To begin, you need a single work item that is represented with a
skin as a grouping of fields in a list or a table. This will be our root; it will
act as a template for the subsequent work items we create.
Next, enter new information into the table or list for the new work items you want
to create. It is important to input your new information in the same format as the
root.
To copy the layout of the root work item, highlight the root and click the "Lock
Template" button on the associate tab. This will read the formatting from the root
and save it as a temporary skin.
To apply this skin and convert your formatted information to work items, highlight
your new text and click "Apply Template." The work item fields that you have created
from your text are shown in a list on the associate tab. If there is any field that
you decide that you do not want to incorporate into your new work item, uncheck
its box.
When you have finalized your selection, click the "Associate" button at the bottom
of the tab to create your new work items.
TeamSpec will automatically take you to the index tab where your new work items
have been added to the list. The circles next to the fields are grey, indicating
that it is a new work item that has not yet been published to the server.
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