TFS2010: Set up an alert that will email a member in the team when a work item is assigned to them

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Mark Robinson picture Mark Robinson · Jul 7, 2011 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

I want to notify each team member when a work item is assigned to them. I know how to set up an alert per team member (so if there are 10 team members I set up 10 seperate alerts) but is there a way to set up a single alert that will email the person the work item is assigned to?

I have the filter complete:

"PortfolioProject" = 'MyProject' AND ("CoreFields/StringFields/Field[ReferenceName='System.AssignedTo']/OldValue" <> '@Me' AND "CoreFields/StringFields/Field[ReferenceName='System.AssignedTo']/NewValue" = '@Me')

.. but I am stuck on how to make the email address that the alert is sent to generic. Putting @Me in the "Send To:" field unsurprisingly does not work!

Answer

Lars Truijens picture Lars Truijens · Jul 8, 2011

Check out TFS Global Alerts which is specifically designed for this kind of thing.

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