Do you have a WitAdmin script to import work item definitions?

You will need to update your work item types very frequently once the customization process is started, make sure you have a script like below in your solution, this will help you to upload your process template quickly with one click, which make your development more efficient.

ECHO OFF
ECHO \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*Importing new definitions\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
ECHO ON
witadmin importwitd /collection:http://%1:8080/tfs/%2 /p:%3 /f:"..\CN.SAC.TfsProcessTemplate\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Requirement.xml"
witadmin importwitd /collection:http://%1:8080/tfs/%2 /p:%3 /f:"..\CN.SAC.TfsProcessTemplate\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Task.xml"
witadmin importwitd /collection:http://%1:8080/tfs/%2 /p:%3 /f:"..\CN.SAC.TfsProcessTemplate\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Issue.xml"

ECHO OFF
ECHO \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*Importing new definitions\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
ECHO ON
witadmin importwitd /collection:http://%1:8080/tfs/%2 /p:%3 /f:"..\CN.SAC.TfsProcessTemplate\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Requirement.xml"
witadmin importwitd /collection:http://%1:8080/tfs/%2 /p:%3 /f:"..\CN.SAC.TfsProcessTemplate\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Task.xml"
witadmin importwitd /collection:http://%1:8080/tfs/%2 /p:%3 /f:"..\CN.SAC.TfsProcessTemplate\WorkItem Tracking\TypeDefinitions\Issue.xml" Figure: quick
deployment script for process template – UpdateProcessTemplate.bat With above script, you can execute the command like below UpdateProcessTemplate.bat <serverAddress>
<collectionName> <projectName>

So, just one command, all of your customized work item types will be updated on the server.