Operations with Specific WorkItemType

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

Resource	/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes/{typeID}
Returned entity	WorkItemType. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific WorkItemType. `POST`: Update a Specific WorkItemType. `DELETE`: Delete a Specific 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 work item type with a specific ID.

Requires Read Work Item permission.

GET /api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes/{typeID}?{fields}

{typeID}

Database ID of the work item type.

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

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes/65-5?fields=name,id,autoAttached
            

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

Update a work item type with a specific ID. In the body of the request, provide the properties that you need to change as JSON.

Requires Low-level Admin Write permission.

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

{typeID}

Database ID of the work item type.

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

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes/65-5?fields=name,id,autoAttached
            

{
  "autoAttached": false
}
            

Delete a work item type with a specific ID.

Requires Low-level Admin Write permission.

DELETE /api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes/{typeID}

{typeID}

Database ID of the work item type.

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

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/timeTrackingSettings/workItemTypes/65-5
            

Last modified: 30 March 2021