How to update workitem for a field with no data in TFS

Question

I'm using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client to fix some stuff. The request is: I have workitem with a field which has no data, now I need to update the workitem for that field, how can I make it?

    public void UpdateWorkItem(int workItemId, Dictionary<string, string> values)
    {
        if (workItemId <= 0) return;

        var workItem = tfsStore.GetWorkItem(workItemId);

        //now if I use workItem.Fields["updatingKey"] it'll throw exception since the field updatingKey does not exist in the Fields of the workitem.

    }

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '20 at 07:08

Once you have the Work Item you are going to modify, just change the value of the specific field you need to change:

workitem.Fields["Custom Field"].Value = "New Value";

Detail code snippet please take a look at this similar question: How to update a custom TFS field programmatically

How to update workitem for a field with no data in TFS

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