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Is there any way to change the Release name of Pipeline after it started and dash board will still consider the new name and reflect it ?
For example at the start of the build ReleaseName=release_1 and after that in one of the step we change its value to ReleaseName=release_11.04122018 but release dashboard will still be having older ReleaseName, how can it be updated with changed name ?

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To customize the build and release names, you could consider using the commands of build.updatebuildnumber and respectively release.updatereleasename from a PowerShell script. See also this page on GitHub.

Translated to yaml, it'll look like this:

- powershell: |
    [string]$version="$(Build.Repository.Name)_SomeCustomData_$(Build.BuildId)"
    Write-Output "##vso[build.updatebuildnumber]$version"
  displayName: Set Build Number

Same applies for setting a release number, but since it's not possible yet to use yaml for release pipelines, you'd need to add a PowerShell task yourself and add an inline script like this:

[string]$name="My custom release name"
Write-Output "##vso[release.updatereleasename]$name"

To see which variables you can use for build and release pipelines, check these pages:

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    For updating the release name of pipeline, the minimum agent pool version should be 2.132, you can write the inline as "##vso[release.updatereleasename]release name" – Rajesh Jan 29 '19 at 12:09
  • Thank you! However, this command is not supported in TFS, see: https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/blob/master/docs/authoring/commands.md – Amittai Shapira Apr 12 '19 at 16:08