Attachment

An email message attachment is a file sent with an outgoing email message. Standard activities and functions allow outgoing email messages to include attachments. See How to send email with attachments.

A work item attachment identifies a named small file, screen shot image, correspondence, URL or text note that a user or an activity has associated with a work item.

On the standard harness Perform and Review forms, a paper clip button or provides access to add, edit, delete, or review work item attachments. Correspondence attachments are permanent parts of the history of the work item and cannot be deleted or updated.

• One work item may have an unlimited number of attachments.
• A cover work item may list its own attachments and those of all covered descendent objects. If the covered object is also a cover, the list includes the attachments associated with the inherited objects.

A rule attachment is a file associated with a rule, saved as a separate (binary file rule).

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	How to define and use attachment categories and versions About audit trails and attachments (V6X) User portal basics — About work item history and attachments (V5X) Understanding work item attachments

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