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Move or transition work items in an active sprint

This page is for company-managed projects

To check whether your project is team-managed or company-managed, select More actions (•••) next to the project name in either the header or the sidebar. At the bottom of the menu that opens, you’ll be able to view whether your project is team-managed or company-managed.

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To move or transition work items in an active sprint, you must have:

More about project permissions

Transition a work item

You can only change the status of multiple work items from the board if you’re in a software project.

Drag and drop a work item between columns to transition it.

To transition multiple work items from the board:

  1. Select multiple work items from the board. You can either:

    1. hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) while selecting work items

    2. hold the Shift key to select a group of adjacent work items

  2. Drag the work items into the column corresponding to the new status. If you are unable to move the work items using this method, complete the following steps.

  3. Right-click or select More actions (•••) on one of the selected work items, then select Bulk change.

  4. Select Transition work items and then Next.

  5. Select the available workflow action. The actions available are dependent on the work items (and their associated workflows) that you have selected. Select Next.

  6. Select a value for any required fields for this transition, and if available, decide whether you'd like to send email notifications. Select Next.

  7. Review your changes and select Confirm, then Acknowledge.

Move a work item’s position within the column

Drag and drop a work item within a column to rank it. You can also right-click the work item to open a menu that allows you to send it to the top or the bottom of the current column.

 

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