How can I modify the title of work items in TFS en masse?
It is possible because when selecting a WorkItem, in the half screen on the bottom, you will have its details, and thus can change it. After you re done, you will be able to save all in one Ctrl-S
Better way :
I have done that by exporting result of query in MS Excel, modifying multiple columns and rows rapidly; then Publish the whole by one click.
For Visual Studio 2010, 2013, the following will work:
- Open a list of the items you wish to edit in Visual Studio/Team Explorer Tab. This can be done via a new query.
- Highlight all items (of the same type) that you want to change.
- Click the ‘Open in Microsoft Office’ drop-down or right click on one of the selected task items and select ‘Open In Microsoft Excel’.
- Edit the fields you are interested in using standard Excel functionality to copy/paste or replace.
- Click the ‘Publish’ button at the upper left in Excel.
- After that has completed, click on the Refresh icon at the top of your product backlog view in Visual Studio.
- Your updated/bulk-edited entries will now appear.
You can bulk edit in Team Web Access 2010. Opening the query in Excel works better for bulk-editing the titles, but if you're going to change, say, Area Path, TWA provides expandable/collapseable nodes in the hierarchy, while Excel simply gives you a drop-down menu of values.