Work Item Types

This resource lets you read, update, and delete types of work items.

Resource	/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes
Returned entity	WorkItemType. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of WorkItemTypes. `POST`: Add a New WorkItemType.

WorkItemType attributes

Represents a work type that can be assigned to a work item.

This table describes attributes of the WorkItemType entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from server, specify it explicitly in the request parameter fields.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
name	String	The name of the work item type. `Can be null`.
autoAttached	Boolean	If true, this work item type is automatically added to a project, when you enable the time tracking for it.

Read a List of WorkItemTypes

Read the list of currently available work item types.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of WorkItemType attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned
$skip	Int	Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.
$top	Int	Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response.

Sample

Sample request URI

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes?fields=id,name,url,autoAttached
            

Sample response body

[
  {
    "autoAttached": true,
    "name": "Development",
    "id": "65-0",
    "$type": "WorkItemType"
  },
  {
    "autoAttached": true,
    "name": "Testing",
    "id": "65-1",
    "$type": "WorkItemType"
  },
  {
    "autoAttached": false,
    "name": "Documentation",
    "id": "65-2",
    "$type": "WorkItemType"
  },
  {
    "autoAttached": false,
    "name": "R-n-D",
    "id": "65-3",
    "$type": "WorkItemType"
  }
]
            

Add a New WorkItemType

Create a new work item type. To create a new type, you must provide the name property in the request body.

Required permissions

Requires Low-level Admin Write OR Update Project permission.

Request syntax

POST /api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of WorkItemType attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned

Sample

Sample request URI

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes?fields=name,id
            

Sample request body

{
  "name": "Investigation",
  "autoAttached": true
}
            

Sample response body

{
  "name": "Investigation",
  "id": "65-5",
  "$type": "WorkItemType"
}
            

Last modified: 28 October 2020