Show the number of Items in a board column

[osommer2091]

It would be great to just see the number of items in a column, in order to get a hand of the work load. Afterwards the WIP limits could be transferred.

[edtro]

Hi,

When you active the wiplimit, like:

{
   "columns":[
      {
         "name":"New",
         "title":"New/Backlog",
         "isBacklog":true
      },
      {
         "name":"Active",
         "title":"Active/Doing",
         "wipLimit": 5
      },
      {
         "name":"Resolved",
         "title":"Resolved",
         "wipLimit": 5
      },
      {
         "name":"Closed",
         "title":"Closed/Done",
         "isBacklog":true
      }
   ]
}

You will see the number of items in a column... please note: //backlog=false && if >= 0 then count and limit will be displayed

Hope this helps. Kr Edward

[osommer2091]

@edtro thank you for the swift answer! However, since I'm a regular user and not a developer, I don't know what to do with the snippet you gave. Could you explain further how to proceed?

[edtro]

@osommer2091 Hi, please goto your Project Settings, within the menu > scroll down to Extensions, select Query Based Boards. Next step is to select your query and add the JSON config and hit the Save button.

Please review this page: https://github.com/edtro/EdTro.AzureDevOps.Extensions.querybasedboards/blob/master/public/config.md

Tips:

• Open up the developer console of your browser (F12) and review the logs while saving the config
• Use a JSON formatter (online)

Unfortunately I haven't implemented an user friendly UI to configure these advanced settings

Kr Edward