Adding a new initial state to WorkItem type Bug - Web Acess task board shows error TF400917

Question

I am using TFS 2012 (Update 4).

After adding a new initial state New to my Bug work item workflow the backlog and the task board show the error:

TF400917: The current configuration is not valid for this feature. This feature cannot be used until you correct the configuration.

I tried to fix this by adding a new line in the common process configuration :

< BugWorkItems category="Microsoft.BugCategory"><States>
  <State type="New" value="Proposed" />
  <State type="InProgress" value="Active" />
  <State type="Complete" value="Closed" />
  <State type="Resolved" value="Resolved" />
</States>

But importing this via witadmin - I get the error:

witadmin.exe importcommonprocessconfig /collection:< my collection> /p:Kanban /f:d:\tmp\CommonProcessConfig_Kanban_new.xml

Line: 5 Position: 14 - The 'type' attribute is invalid - The value 'New' is invalid according to its datatype 'StateFieldEnum' - The Enumeration const raint failed.

Which types (and meta types) are valid for my Bug work item and where is this StateFieldEnum defined?

In the field explorer the field System.State has a allowed value New.

Answer 1

I have found the error myself. It was the correct approach to edit the BugCategory.

I have swapped the type and value - the correct xml to import is:

<BugWorkItems category="Microsoft.BugCategory">
    <States>
      <State type="Proposed" value="New" />