| There are times, particularly with enumerated attributes, when it is |
| useful to be able to change the value of an attribute in many artifacts |
| at the same time. |
| |
| Mass edit is the way to do this. |
| |
| In Artifact explorer, select all the artifacts that you want to change |
| (the "Expand All" option is often useful here), then right-click "Mass |
| Edit". |
| |
| In the Mass Edit window, again select the artifacts that you want to |
| change. Note that they must all be of the same artifact type for this to |
| work. Then, right-click "Column Multi Edit", pick the name of the |
| attribute you want to change, and then the new value. |
| |
| Save, and all the artifacts are updated. |
| |
| Note: If the arttribute is an enumeration, you get three options when |
| choosing the new value. |
| |
| The default is to add the new value to the enumeration if it is not |
| already chosen so, for example, a value of "None" where they were all |
| "E" will yield a result of "E","None" |
| |
| The next, which is typically what you want, is to replace any existing |
| values with the new value so, for example, a value of "None" where they |
| were all "E" will yield a result of "None" |
| |
| The final option is to remove the value if it is already chosen so, for |
| example, a value of "E" where they were all "E","None" will yield a |
| result of "None" |
