Bulk Operations Pro

Working with multiple work items at once can save you significant time.

Bulk edit work items

To perform bulk operations:

1. Make sure you're in either the List or Table layout - bulk operations aren't available in other layouts.
2. Select work items by clicking the checkbox next to each one, or use the select all checkbox at the top of the list.
3. After selecting work items, update the available properties at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click the Update button to apply your modifications. Until you click this button, your changes won't be saved.

Available bulk operations

You can change these properties on all the selected work items at once:

• State, such as moving work items from In Progress to Done
• Priority
• Assignees
• Start and due dates
• Labels

On some plans, you can also change these:

• Cycle
• Estimate
• Modules
• Releases

You can't change work item types in bulk. To change a work item's type, open it and use Switch work item type.

Plane checks the same rules as it does for a single work item. If a change would put a start date after a due date, break a workflow's allowed state transitions, or add a release the project can't use, Plane shows an error that names the rule the update broke.

Copy work items

Select the work items you want, then choose Make a copy from the bulk actions. Pick a destination project — it defaults to the current one — and confirm.

Which properties survive the copy depends on whether the destination is the same project or a different one. See What gets copied for the full field-by-field breakdown; bulk copies follow the same rules as copying a single work item.

A few things specific to copying in bulk:

• You can copy up to 1000 work items at a time.
• You need permission to create work items in the destination project.
• The copy runs in the background, so the new work items appear in the destination project shortly after you confirm rather than all at once.
• If the selection contains epics and the destination project has no Epic type, the epics are copied as regular work items with the destination's default type.

Subscribe to multiple work items

If you need to keep track of several work items at once, you can subscribe to multiple work items in a single operation. This ensures you'll receive notifications about any updates to those work items.

Manage work item lifecycle

You can also perform bulk management actions:

• Archive multiple work items when they're no longer active but you want to preserve their history. Only work items in a Completed or Cancelled state can be archived. If the selection includes work items in other states, Plane shows an error instead of archiving.
• Delete multiple work items if they're no longer needed (note: this action cannot be undone)

Tips for bulk operations

• Take advantage of filters to select related work items more easily.
• Double-check your selection before performing destructive actions like deletion.
• Consider using bulk operations during project transitions or when doing major reorganization of work