Mass editing allows you to modify several records and fields simultaneously. For instance, you can use Mass Edit to close several service requests at once. You can perform more complex updates on records as well, such as changing their status to Closed, updating the Closed On field to a specified date, and appending "Resolved by upgrade" to the Resolution text field. Changes made by Mass Edit are recorded in each record's history, just like they would be if you opened and updated each record individually.
To choose records for mass editing, select the checkboxes next to the desired records in the table view and then click Mass Edit in the action bar.
The Mass Edit wizard appears when you click Mass Edit on a table's action bar. It contains several tabs for configuring the mass edit operation.
On the Select Fields tab, select which fields to change. Fields that are greyed out cannot be modified. You can use the following methods to choose the fields to edit:
You can also update fields based on formulas and variables, enable search and replace string substitution for most data types, and use other update formulas to set the field's value. For example, if you're mass editing the Amount field in a table, you could set its value to the product of the Unit Price and Quantity fields.
Certain data types have additional mass editing options. For example, Multi-Choice fields allow you to decide whether the new value overwrites existing values, is appended to existing values, or is removed from existing values. |
Permissions for mass editing are set on the Permission tab of the Groups wizard, and access is controlled by group membership. Groups that are not authorized to mass edit records in a table do not see the Mass Edit icon on the action bar for that table.
To grant a group the permission to mass edit records:
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