What is the VSTS Link Settings feature?

Question

I am talking about this:

The documentation I found is here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/parameters?view=vsts, but I must be plain stupid, because I do not understand one bit of it.

I do not know why it is so hard, but I cannot find anything meaningful on the web.

We have an on-premises TFS.

Answer 1

Let's say you have a build configuration ("Release") that you want to use in conjunction with multiple instances of the Visual Studio Build task.

You could add a variable called BuildConfiguration and then put the value $(BuildConfiguration) in the "Configuration" box for all of your Visual Studio Build tasks.

Or, you could enter the actual value, "Release", and then link the Configuration field in Visual Studio build to a pipeline parameter. Then you can manage the value from the "Pipeline" view.