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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

WorkItemType attributes

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

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the WorkItemType entity.

  • To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.

  • To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field

Type

Description

id

String

The ID of the work item type. Read-only.

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. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries.

The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see Pagination.

Sample

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/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.

Required fields: name.

Required permissions

Requires permissions: Low-level Admin Write or Update Project

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

https://example.youtrack.cloud/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: 15 March 2024