Work Item Types

This resource lets you configure work item types of the project.

Resource	/api/admin/projects/{projectID}/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

Get the list of all work item types that are used in the project.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/projects/{projectID}/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

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/projects/0-0/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes?fields=id,name,url&$top=2
            

Sample response body

[
  {
    "name": "Development",
    "id": "65-0",
    "$type": "WorkItemType"
  },
  {
    "name": "Testing",
    "id": "65-1",
    "$type": "WorkItemType"
  }
]
            

Add a New WorkItemType

Add an existing work item type to the project. To create a new work item type, use the System Time Tracking Settings.

Required attributes: id - the database entity ID of the work item type.

Request syntax

POST /api/admin/projects/{projectID}/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

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/projects/0-0/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes?fields=id,name
            

Sample request body

{
  "id": "65-3"
}
            

Sample response body

{
  "name": "R-n-D",
  "id": "65-3",
  "$type": "WorkItemType"
}
            

Last modified: 30 March 2021