Show bug that fail acceptance test without all the acceptance test task...

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I assume that you are using the Scrum for Team System process template it includes an Acceptance Test work item type definition. This process template defines specific work item links, enforcing a relationship between work item types that is interpreted as follows by Urban Turtle:

Product Backlog Item is a parent of Acceptance Test is a parent of Bug.

If you remove the Acceptance Test from the visible work item types, then there is no direct relationship between the PBI and the bug, and the bug appears as if it didn't have any parent. This is the expected behavior.

Ok, it work as I expected, as a Q.A I do like it this way. But on the other hand I do understand that our Devs don't want a dashboard filled with tests and where they have to navigate between several pages to be able to retrieve thier tasks... As work around, should we had a new link to the bugs, like a child, so we can see them without all the acceptance tests?

Team Foundation Server supports this relationship by default, but it is not prescribed according to the Scrum for Team System process guidance.

You could create your own configuration file and enable this relationship (Parent-Child) in Urban Turtle, but it would probably not play nice with the SfTS tooling, if you are using it.

I invite you to read this blog post to get accustomed to configuration mapping files. Then, it is only a matter of adding the link definition to your configuration file, in the Links section of the Product Backlog Item element in the VisibleWorkItemTypes section. The link to add should look like this:

<Link WorkItemType="Bug" LinkType="System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward" />

Thanks for your time! Will live with it...