Parent and Linked Entities

An entity in Targetprocess may have multiple parent and linked entities. Custom formulas support references to these entities and their properties. Access nested properties using dots.

EntityState.Name
Project.ID

Most common entity type is User Story. Here we'll describe how to refer to parent and linked entities in custom formula metrics used in custom fields at User Stories level.

Here is how to access basic properties of parent and linked entities at User Story level. Some of the formulas are valid for other entity types such as Bugs, Tasks, etc.

Use the formula below to inherit most commonly used values and properties from parent entities: Features and Epics.

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Access to custom field values is different for Metrics and Calculated Custom Fields

In formulas of Calculated Custom Fields to get value of Custom Field "Field Name" use:
FieldName
In formulas for Metrics to get value of Custom Field "Field Name" use:
CustomValues.Text("Field Name")
CustomValues.Number("Field Name")
CustomValues.Date("Field Name")
CustomValues.Boolean("Field Name")

Here is how you refer parent entities on different level of hierarchy: from Task to Program.

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Any field and property of parent entities is supported

The examples below use .Name property as most frequently used one. Other fields, properties, collections are fully supported in the formulas as well.