I have created a new iteration and area paths for my project, but the values never show up in Work Item dropdown values.  Its been a few hours, and I've re-started VS/TeamExplorer several times.

Any idea how to resolve this issue?  I need to be able to create new values that show up in my WI's.

Thanks,

-JS

If you open a new instance of VS and go to the "Areas and Iterations" settings for the project is your new iteration shown?

Is your iteration name alpha-numeric? Or do you have any strange characters in there?

Does the new iteration appear on other machines?

Try turning on client tracing and see if that reveals anything:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=430341&SiteID=1

Yes, when I check back in those dialogs, my new iteration and area values are displayed just as I created them.  I'm using an iteration path name "Patch10" and an area value of "Test Area".  No wacky chars...

I checked on another machine (the TFServer box itself) and the values were not populated in the dropdowns there either, so its not specific to my client machine.

Still no love in the WI dropdowns.

-JS

Here was the output of the trace from when I started the VS2005 client, modified the area and iteration list, opened a work item, and dropped down the controls. Any ideas on what is wrong?:

10/2/2006 7:43:03 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 0 ms) ConnectionLimit = 32, BypassProxyOnLocal = False, EnableCompression = True, DefaultTimeout = 300000
10/2/2006 7:43:03 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 0 ms) User agent: Team Foundation (devenv.exe, 8.0.50727.147)
10/2/2006 7:43:03 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 46 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx] CheckAuthentication[Ser]
10/2/2006 7:43:03 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 78 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/Services/v1.0/ServerStatus.asmx] CheckAuthentication[Ser] 29 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:03 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 671 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/Services/v1.0/GroupSecurityService.asmx] ReadIdentity[Ser]
10/2/2006 7:43:03 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 686 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/Services/v1.0/GroupSecurityService.asmx] ReadIdentity[Ser] 14 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 1342 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/Services/v1.0/CommonStructureService.asmx] ListProjects[Ser]
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 1357 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/Services/v1.0/CommonStructureService.asmx] ListProjects[Ser] 15 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 1513 ms) Using cache file path C:\Documents and Settings\jon.PIEOHMY\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Team Foundation\1.0\Cache\VersionControl.config
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 1513 ms) Session ID: 59068662-37f2-4f84-953a-39710ed271bc
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 1529 ms) Time spent getting service URL ISCCProvider: 0 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 1529 ms) CreateWebRequest() -- Uri: http://tfserver:8080/VersionControl/v1.0/repository.asmx
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 1529 ms) request.AutomaticDecompression: GZip
10/2/2006 7:43:04 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 1529 ms) Web method running: [VersionControl/] QueryWorkspaces[Ver]
10/2/2006 7:43:05 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 2543 ms) HTTP headers:
Content-Encoding:
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:43:20 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET

10/2/2006 7:43:05 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 2543 ms) Web method response: [VersionControl/] QueryWorkspaces[Ver] 1007 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:05 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 2543 ms) Using cache file path C:\Documents and Settings\jon.PIEOHMY\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Team Foundation\1.0\Cache\VersionControl.config
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4510 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] GetListCollection[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4556 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] GetListCollection[Wss] 47 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4806 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4822 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 4822 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetMetadataEx2[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4837 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4837 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4837 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4837 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 4837 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:07 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 4853 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetMetadataEx2[Wor] 25 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5040 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetStoredQueries[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5056 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetStoredQueries[Wor] 105 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5056 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetStoredQueries[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5071 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetStoredQueries[Wor] 9 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5087 ms) CreateWebRequest() -- Uri: http://tfserver:8080/VersionControl/v1.0/repository.asmx
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5087 ms) request.AutomaticDecompression: GZip
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5087 ms) Web method running: [VersionControl/] QueryItems[Ver]
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5134 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 221 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5134 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 309 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5134 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 308 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5181 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 340 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5196 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 363 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5212 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 374 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 5227 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 386 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5618 ms) HTTP headers:
Content-Encoding:
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:43:23 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET

10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 5618 ms) Web method response: [VersionControl/] QueryItems[Ver] 534 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 5727 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/ReportServer/ReportService.asmx] ListChildren[Rep]
10/2/2006 7:43:08 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 5820 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/ReportServer/ReportService.asmx] ListChildren[Rep] 97 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:12 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 9597 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetMetadataEx2[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:12 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 9613 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetMetadataEx2[Wor] 12 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:12 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 9675 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] QueryWorkitems[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:12 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 9706 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] QueryWorkitems[Wor] 26 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:12 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 9815 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] PageWorkitemsByIds[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:12 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 9847 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] PageWorkitemsByIds[Wor] 19 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:13 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 10128 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetWorkItem[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:13 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 10159 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetWorkItem[Wor] 20 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:14 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 11797 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetWorkItem[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:14 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 11813 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetWorkItem[Wor] 16 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:15 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 12671 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/VersionControl/v1.0/integration.asmx] GetArtifacts[Ver]
10/2/2006 7:43:15 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 12671 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/VersionControl/v1.0/integration.asmx] GetArtifacts[Ver] 26 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:15 PM (pid 2272, tid 3404, 12734 ms) Exception in DoWork for updating link descriptions: Unable to get artifacts from tool
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 27497 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetMetadataEx2[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27512 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] GetListCollection[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 27512 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/ReportServer/ReportService.asmx] ListChildren[Rep]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 892, 27512 ms) CreateWebRequest() -- Uri: http://tfserver:8080/VersionControl/v1.0/repository.asmx
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 892, 27512 ms) request.AutomaticDecompression: GZip
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 892, 27512 ms) Web method running: [VersionControl/] QueryItems[Ver]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 27512 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetMetadataEx2[Wor] 15 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27528 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] GetListCollection[Wss] 19 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27528 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27528 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27528 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 27544 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetStoredQueries[Wor]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27544 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27544 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27544 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3496, 27544 ms) Web method running: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss]
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 3752, 27575 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver:8080/WorkItemTracking/v1.0/ClientService.asmx] GetStoredQueries[Wor] 43 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 896, 27606 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 72 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 2864, 27622 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 93 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 892, 27653 ms) HTTP headers:
Content-Encoding:
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:43:45 GMT
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET

10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 892, 27653 ms) Web method response: [VersionControl/] QueryItems[Ver] 140 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 896, 27653 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 118 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 896, 27653 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 118 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 896, 27668 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 127 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 896, 27715 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 181 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 896, 27715 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/sites/Abazab1/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx] {AsyncSharepoint}[Wss] 174 ms
10/2/2006 7:43:30 PM (pid 2272, tid 1900, 27762 ms) Web method response: [http://tfserver/ReportServer/ReportService.asmx] ListChildren[Rep] 249 ms
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Thanks for any help.

-JS

This usually happens when Team Client has already cached the areas/iterations for a project. To get the new areas/iterations to show I usually have to go to the Team Project, right click Work Items and choose Refresh.

The sucky part about this is that if you already started entering/changing a work item, there's no way to get the new areas/iterations to show until you commit it and refresh it.

HTH,
Drew

Here are posts that describe few troubleshooting steps in server that helped others:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=722453&SiteID=1

Thanks for the steps Naren, but the problem still persists and it interferes with our workflow.

Has this been escalated as a bug, and if so, when might it be fixed?

Thanks,

JonS