In Eclipse or Visual Studio, three basic functions can be performed from the Vault Professional Work Item Node context menu:

You can connect to Vault Professional Work Items by loading the Vault Professional Work Item Tracking Window from the View->Vault Professional->Work Item Tracking menu or by clicking the Connect to Vault Pro Work Item toolbar button on the Vault Professional Work Item Tracking toolbar. The Work Item Tracking toolbar can be enabled in Visual Studio by clicking View-> Toolbars-> Work Item Tracking. Alternatively, if the Vault Pro Work Items Window is already open, you can connect by right-clicking the Vault Professional Node in the Item tracking tree and selecting Connect to Vault Pro Work Items.

Vault Professional Item Tracking in Visual Studio

For details on using Work Item Tracking in Visual Studio, see Vault Pro Work Item Tracking Tree.

When you first load the Vault Professional Work Item Tracking Window, you may be prompted to login.  Enter your login name, password, and the Vault Professional server name in the Connect to Server dialog. Note that the server name is the name of the server, not the server’s URL.  For example, if your server is located at: http://server.domain.com or https://server.domain.com, a valid server name would be “server” (if you are on the same LAN as the Vault Professional server) or “server.domain.com”. Check the Use SSL checkbox if you are using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for security.

The Work Item Tracking window can be docked under Solution Explorer or another dockable location within Visual Studio.

The profiles you set up in the Vault Professional GUI client also are available when connecting to Work Item Tracking. See the Vault Professional GUI Client help for more details on setting up and using Vault Professional Profiles.

In Eclipse, whenever the Vault Professional Work Item Tracking View is first loaded (either on startup if it is visible from a previous session or if you opened it from the Window menu) you will be prompted to login.  If you cancel the login process for some reason and wish to login later, simply open the Vault Professional Work Item Tracking View and click the Login to Vault Pro button in the toolbar of the view.

You are automatically disconnected from Vault Professional Work Items when you close Visual Studio. You also can disconnect by:

If you are connected to the Source Code Control client, you will be asked  to close any open solutions before you can disconnect from Vault Professional Work Items.

You are automatically disconnected from Vault Professional Work Items when you close Eclipse.  This is the only way to disconnect at this time.

To refresh the project folder list, click Reload Projects from the Vault Professional Work Item tree node context menu.

Each time you open Visual Studio and connect to Vault Professional Work Items, the project list is reloaded from the Vault Professional server. However, if a project has been added or changed in Vault Professional Work Items since the Vault Professional Client was first loaded, the project list must be refreshed.