Hi Jira Experts , how can we Bulk Edit content of multiple test cases written in Jira X-ray ?

Question

Bulk change content of multiple test cases it  means words of multiple test cases NOT fields .

Example

I have 5 test sets each test set have more than 50 test cases so in total around more than 500 test cases . Each test case have a word "ABC" in test case steps and now that "ABC" is going to be change to "XYZ" for some business reason .

Problem

How to change "ABC" to "XYZ" in all of the test cases at once ? I can't go to every test case individually and update the test case steps manually .

Suggestions and solutions are welcome :)

Sofia Neto Canário · Answer

Hi!

Just to let you know that in the future you could take advantage of the Parameterized Tests feature to make it easier to manage these needs.

Check it how at:

Video Tutorial (quick & easy) :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbnp_DN41AA

Documentation: https://docs.getxray.app/display/XRAYCLOUD/Parameterized+Tests

Xray Academy course: https://academy.getxray.app/catalog/info/id:142

Stefan Salzl · Answer

Hi @Kiran Khan ,
As there cannot be string replacement in internal bulk-change i see 2 possible solutions here:

1. JXL-Plugin - table structure issue editor that allows bulk changes similar to excel
https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224710/jxl-spreadsheet-table-structure-issue-editor-for-jira?hosting=cloud&tab=overview

2. filtering the issues you want to bulk edit - export them to csv - do bulk changes in the csv file - importing the changed file

I didn´t prove either of then but I would rather stick to the first one of these 2 as there is everything done internally and data integrity seems better from my point of view.

Best
Stefan