Answers: <p>No there is no built-in way to setup rules over work item relationships.</p>
  <p>The <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/settings/work/custom-rules?view=azure-devops" rel="nofollow noreferrer">options that are supported can be found here</a>.</p>
  
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Answers: Sure, but it's terribly hard to point to the docs that describe a feature that doesn't exist.
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Body: <p>I noticed that it sometimes happens that users select parents from the same type like
  story-story, epic-epic, ...
  According to this post: <a href="https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/same-category-hierarchy-error-but-the-specified-wo/761057" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/same-category-hierarchy-error-but-the-specified-wo/761057</a>
  It's highly recommended to avoid this, due to obvious reasons.</p>
  <p>Is it possible to prevent this by default?
  Like a rule: if WIT is changed &amp; parent type equals WIT type --&gt; error</p>
  
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Title: Rules to avoid parents of same WIT type
UserDisplayName: ThomasR
ThreadText: # Rules to avoid parents of same WIT type
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-09-06)
  
  I noticed that it sometimes happens that users select parents from the same type like
  story-story, epic-epic, ...
  According to this post: <https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/same-category-hierarchy-error-but-the-specified-wo/761057>
  It's highly recommended to avoid this, due to obvious reasons.
  
  Is it possible to prevent this by default?
  Like a rule: if WIT is changed & parent type equals WIT type --> error
  
  **Tags:** azure-devops
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2023-09-18. Score: 0
  
  No there is no built-in way to setup rules over work item relationships.
  
  The [options that are supported can be found here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/settings/work/custom-rules?view=azure-devops).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Your answer could be improved with additional supporting information. Please [edit] to add further details, such as citations or documentation, so that others can confirm that your answer is correct. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer).  
  > **username_1**: Sure, but it's terribly hard to point to the docs that describe a feature that doesn't exist.  
  
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