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Add additional fields to "Edit Test Case using Grid" option in VS Team Services

1 January, 2016
Jesse Houwing

Jesse Houwing

If you're bulk-creating, importing or editing test cases in Visual Studio Team Services, you're probably aware of the "Edit as Grid" option, which opens your test case in a spreadsheet like layout for bulk editing:
edit as grid
Not many people know that you can extend this grid easily to bulk-edit additional fields, like Area Path, Assigned To or any other field which exists on the Test Case work item. To do so, open the Column Options:
Column-Options-Button
Which will pop-up the column selection window where you can add additional fields from the Test Case work item. Add the buttons using the [>] button:
Add-additional-columns
Now when you open the Grid View you'll notice that the additional columns are showing on the right side of the grid:
grid-with-extra-columns
Specify these fields on the same line you're setting the Title of the Test Case and the field values will automatically be set:
Edit-fields-on-the-first-line-of-each-test-case

Jesse Houwing

Jesse is a passionate trainer and coach, helping teams improve their productivity and quality all while trying to keep work fun. He is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) through Scrum.org, Microsoft Certified Trainer and GitHub Accredited Trainer. Jesse regularly blogs and you'll find him on StackOverflow, he has received the Microsoft Community Contributor Award three years in a row and has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award since 2015. He loves espresso and dark chocolate, travels a lot and takes photos everywhere he goes.

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