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Why Is a Message Indicating the Field Name Already Exists Displayed When Setting a Work Item Field in a Scrum Project?

Symptoms

In the work item settings page for a Scrum project, choose Bugs > Fields and Templates from the navigation pane, click Edit Template and click Create Field. Enter a field name in the displayed dialog box, a message is displayed, indicating that the field name already exists.

Cause Analysis

This field already exists in the common fields of the project. The field name must be unique in the project.

Solution

  1. Go to the target project and choose Settings > Work > Common Fields to delete the existing fields.
  2. Re-create the field.

    1. On the project details page, choose Settings > Work.
    2. In the navigation pane, choose Bugs > Fields and Templates.
    3. Click Edit Template.
    4. Click Create Field.
    1. After setting the fields, click OK.

Parent topic: Troubleshooting