Bulk assign tags to work items in Visual Studio Online

Question

I want to assign the same tag to multiple work items at once in Visual Studio Online.

I can edit fields in multiple work items at once using the following steps.

1. Run a query that will include all the items you want to bulk edit in the results.
2. Highlight all the items.
3. Right click and select "Edit selected work item(s)..."
4. Use the interface to select the field(s) you wish to edit and set the value.

The problem is that the tags are not listed as a field in the field dropdown. So I cannot set the tags using this method.

Is there a method I can use to bulk assign tags to work items?

Answer 1

You need to use Microsoft Excel:

• Open Excel and start a new Sheet
• Go to the Team Tab
• Click New List
• Select your Team Project
• Select your Work Item Query
• If Tags are not part of your results:
  • Click on Choose Columns from the Ribbon Bar
  • Add the Tags column

Now just enter into the tags column in excel the tags you would like as a comma separated list.

Then just click "Publish" to push it back to TFS.