You need to configure a Team Foundation Server Web Service Proxy, which is provided by
Micro Focus to enable
Silk Central to access TFS issues.
Important: This is not the Team Foundation Server Proxy provided by Microsoft.
To add a TFS issue tracking profile:
In the menu, click
Issues > Issue Tracking Integrations.
The
Issue Tracking page displays, listing all issue tracking profiles that have been created for the system.
Click
New Profile to open the
New Issue Tracking Profile dialog box.
Type a
Name for the new profile.
This is the name that is displayed in lists where the profiles are available for selection.
Type a
Description for the new profile.
Select
Team Foundation Server from the
Type list box.
Type a valid
Username and
Password.
These credentials will be used to access the issue tracking system.
Type the
Domain of the TFS user.
Enter the URL of your TFS installation.
For example,
http://tfsserver:8080/tfs.
Type the
Collection to which your project belongs.
For example
DefaultCollection.
All projects in the collection are listed in the
Projects list box.
Select the
Project from the list box.
Type the URL of your TFS proxy. For example
http://tfsproxyserver/DotNetTfsWebServiceProxy_deploy/TfsWebServiceProxy.asmx.
Click
Load Work Item Type.
The
Work Item Type list box is populated with the available work item types.
Select the
Work Item Type from the list box.
Click
Load Initial State.
The
Initial State list box is populated with the states that are allowed for the selected work item type.
Click
OK.
Silk Central attempts a trial connection to the external system using the information you have provided.
Note: If an error occurs, please review the information that you have supplied, or consult your administrator.
If the trial connection is successful, a confirmation dialog box displays, asking you if you want to map internal issue states
to the states of the newly defined profile.
Click
Yes to proceed with the related
Mapping Issue States procedure.