Modifying work items in a plan

In addition to modifying work items in the work item editor, you can modify work items in the Planned Items page of a plan. Modifying work items in a plan is more convenient because you do not have to open each work item in the work item editor to modify and save its details.
Before you begin
To view the work item in a plan, you must assign a milestone to the work item.
About this task
You can modify all the properties of a work item from the Planned Items page of a plan. The table describes the tasks you can do with the work items in a plan:
Table 1. Modifying work items in a plan
To Do
Modify the summary of a work item Right-click work item and click Edit Summary
Modify the iteration of a work item Right-click work item and click Plan for
Modify the ownership of a work item Right-click work item and click Assign to Owner
Modify the team area of a work item Right-click work item and click Change Filed Against
Add a tag to the work item Right-click work item and click Tags. To add a new tag, click More.
Modify the work item type Click the work item type symbol
Modify the estimated time of a work item Click the time of the work item
Modify the priority of a work item Click the priority of the work item
Modify the status of a work item Click the status of the work item or drag and drop the work item to different columns in the Developer's Taskboard mode
Demote a work item as a child of another work item Right-click work item and click Demote
Modify any other work item attributes Click a work item and click Show Preview. You must configure the preview pane to view and modify different sections of a work item. For more information on configuring the preview pane, see Configuring the Preview Pane.
Note: The columns such as estimation, priority, status, and so on displayed on the Planned Items page depends on the plan mode configuration. For more information on plan mode configuration, see Configuring plan modes.
You can always drag and drop work items on the Planned Items page to modify work items. For example, you can change the owner of the work item by dragging the work item to a different team member group.

After modifying a work item, the change is reflected only after you save, refresh, or reopen the plan.


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