Is it possible to edit multiple work items for an attribute that is an enumeration list?
I have a customized work item with an attribute called "Build List". This attribute is an enumeration list. I need to be able to select multiple work items at a time and update them by adding an additional Build List to their values in the Build List attribute. Is there a way to update multiple work items for an attribute that is an enumeration list?
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If you edit the Column Display of a query that returns the work items that you want to edit so that the attribute is displayed in the query results, you can then select the work items, right-click in the attribute column of the results, and select Change attribute-name to the desired value.
Ken
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Janet Charbonneau
commented Dec 09 '14, 9:56 a.m.
Ken, it doesn't give you that option to Change attribute-name for the attributes that are enumeration lists. I was hoping there was another way of doing this or a work around. |
As far as I can see, it is not possible to update an enumeration list attribute of multiple work items in the query result. In the web client, the column that can be multi-updated is designated with a green cross. If you don't see such green cross for a column, it cannot be updated for multiple work items at the same time.
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As Donald says, it probably won't be possible from the web.
I haven't verified, but the only thing which may work is to do it using the eclipse client, i.e., export the query into a csv file, update the attributes, and then reimport updating existing id's.
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Can you reimport csv files? will it update the work items?
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Janet Charbonneau
commented Mar 30 '15, 9:54 a.m.
I have tried to update it via an import from a .csv file and it does not work. It ends up putting multiple "N/A"s into the attribute.
Georges Oneissy
commented Mar 30 '15, 10:05 a.m.
Thank you Janet. It would have saved me a lot of time tho. |
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