State Model Visualization

Visualize work item type states and transitions##

Every work item type in Visual Studio Team Services has a states, transitions and reasons defined. With this extension you can visualize those states and transitions for regular and hidden work item types.

Export for offline viewing

Export your chart visualization for offline viewing or printing.

Quick steps to get started

• Visualize
  1. Navigate to your team project.
  2. Select WORK hub group.
  3. Navigate to a State Visualizer hub.
  4. Use the left tree view to select work item type and the states and transitions are visualized on the right side.
  5. Click on Zoom In, Zoom Out, Zoom to original size or Fit To icons on the toolbar to re-size.
• State Diagram from Work Item
  1. Open any work item
     • If you are using the classic WI item form, select State Diagram on the toolbar.
     • Otherwise click on ... and select State Diagram.
     • State Diagram Visualization dialog will open up for the selected work item type.
• Export
  1. Export the visualization in any browser.

Planned features

• Showing reasons for transitions.

Feedback

If you like this extension, please leave a review and feedback. If you'd have suggestions or an issue, please file an issue to give me a chance to fix it.

Release History

v1.3

• Bug fixes

  1. Fixed issue with exporting visualization on TFS on-premis (#12)
  2. Fixed issue where Fit To Screen didnt quite fit (#11)
  3. Moved extension to Plan and Track category, added application insight, upgraded VSS SDK (#14, #10, #8)
  4. Fixed script paths to be same everywhere (case sensitive in CDN) (#7)

Learn more

The source to this extension is available on GitHub: StateModelVisualization.

To learn more about developing an extension for Visual Studio Team Services, see the overview of extensions.

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