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question asked: Jun 12 '13, 9:59 p.m.
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Modify existing work item after customization

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Juan Peraza (3●1●2) | asked Jun 12 '13, 9:59 p.m.
Let's assume I modify the Story type work item by adding a new attribute.  After adding the new attribute, I can verify my customization by creating a new Story work item, and enter a value for the new attribute I added.  That's fine for new work items.  My question is how do I enter a value for the new attribute for existing Story work items.  When I open an existing Story work item to edit, the new attribute field is not present to enter a value.  How do I enter a value for the new attribute in Story work items that existed before I added the new attribute to the Story type work item?

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sam detweiler (12.5k●6●195●201) | answered Jun 12 '13, 11:38 p.m.
edited Jun 13 '13, 8:15 a.m.
in eclipse,  list all the old workitems somehow, make sure to display the type column in the results,select 1 or a bunch (up to 1000), right click, synchronize..

this replicates the new schema to all the (selected) existing workitems..
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Juan Peraza commented Jun 13 '13, 12:21 a.m.

That worked, thanks so much.  I had done this before, I just couldn't remember what option from the pop-menu to select.  Sychronize... does the trick.

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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35) | answered Jun 13 '13, 12:54 a.m.
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I prefer to go to the Process Configuration tab of the project area editor in Eclipse, select the Project_Configuration->Configuration_Data->Work_Items->Types_and_Attributes section, and then select the "Check attributes usages in Repository" button.
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sam detweiler commented Jun 13 '13, 8:17 a.m.

'Check' to me doesn't say DO anything..

Geoffrey Clemm commented Jun 13 '13, 4:27 p.m.
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One of your choices during the "check" dialog is "add it to all the ones that don't have it".  I agree that the message text could be improved.

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