Access the Kanban Column (a Team-Specific Field) for a Work Item

Question

Is there a way to programmatically access the \"Kanban Column\" for a WorkItem using the TFS 2012 API?

Using the Scrum 2.2 template, the history of a Bug or Product

Answer 1

I am not familiar with the Scrum 2.2 template, but the works are the same for CMMI or Scrum templates when it comes to TFS Work Item tracking.

Try something like this:

public string GetKanbanColumn(WorkItem wi)
{
    if (wi != null)
    {
        return wi["Kanban"].ToString();
    }
    return string.Empty;
}

Depending on the actual name of the column, specified in the Work Item Template XML file. Hope this helps.