• Blank cells signify that no value is required.
• Default options are labeled with an asterisk (*).
• A category is the name of a Filed Against category defined in the project area Work Items Categories tab.
• A contributor value is specified as a person’s EWM userid, which is normally an internet id or email address.
• A date value is specified in the form yyyy-MM-dd, yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss, or yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.SSS.
• A deliverable value is the name of a Release defined in the project area Releases tab.
• A duration value (long integer) is specified in microseconds.
• An enumeration value is the label, or id, value of the choice.
• A resolution value is the label, or id, of the resolution as specified in the process definition.
• You must have access to the specified access group to work with a Restricted Access work item.

The following options work in sets. Only one option in the set should be specified at a time. If more than one is specified, the last will take precedence. If conflicting options are chosen, the default will be used. Default options are labeled with an asterisk (*).

• Contributor options
  • email
  • username
  • userid*
• Date options
  • date*
  • dateTime
  • dateLong
• Duration options
  • msecs
  • units*
• Enumeration options
  • id
  • label*
• Item options
  • itemCategory*
  • itemComponent
  • itemContributor
  • itemDeliverable
  • itemIteration
  • itemProcessArea
  • itemProjectArea
  • itemTeamArea
  • itemWorkItem
• Subscribers/List options
  • include*
  • remove
• Tags options
  • add*
  • replace
• Text options
  • plainText*
  • xmlText