How can I specify an area path for the work item created on build failure?

Question

In our department we are working with multiple build definitions for different parts of one Team project. We heavily use the Team Project feature. Teams are defined by area path nodes, so each team can only see it's area path. No one (except the admins)
can see the root project node.
When a build breaks, TFS generates a Bug. Unfortunately, this bug is assigned to the area path root node, so nobody can see the generated bug and act on it.
We would prefer to specify the area path for the generated work item in the build definition (not template, but property of a build definition), as every build belongs exclusively to one team.
I have found that you can populate fields of the generated work item by filling the "custom fields" of the "create work item" activity. But how do I set the area path as a parameter?
Guenter

Answer 1

Hi Cuenter, 
Thanks for your post.
You should set the value like below in that activity:
New
Dictionary(Of
String,
String)
From {{"Area
Path",
"teamprojectname\areaname"}}
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