Solution: Use the SharePoint SUSHI application to bulk update SharePoint list fields.

1. Create an Issue Tracking list.
2. Create several list items in the Issue Tracking list and make sure there are different values present for the field Issue Status, as this is the field we are going to use to do the bulk update.
   Your Issue Tracking list should look like this:
   

   

3. Suppose the end-users now want to change value for the Issue Status column. They want the Issue Status Active to be called Started from now on. And off course, they want to change the column value for all existing issues as well to have a consistent look and feel over all issues.
4. Edit the column Issue Status: change the choice value Active to Started. As such, upon creation of new Issue Tracking list items, end-users will have to choose the value Started in stead of Active for the Issue Status column. However, for existing list items, the value Active isn't changed towards Started. The next steps describe how this can be achieved.
   

   

5. Download the SharePoint SUSHI application from CodePlex and install the executable on your SharePoint server. Start up the application.
6. Select Meta Data in the left menu and enter the url of your SharePoint site containing the Issue Tracking list to the right.
7. Click Retrieve Lists and choose the Issue Tracking list in the Target Document Library drop down box.
8. Choose the Issue Status column in the Metadata Column Name drop down box.
9. Choose Active in the Current Value drop down box.
10. Type Started in the text box New Value.
    

    

11. Click Update values in column to new value.
    

    

12. Go back to the Issue Tracking list on your SharePoint site: all values are updated.
    

    

Solution: use the SharePoint Tips Utility Pack

1. Add your new Web Part to one of your SharePoint sites and configure it.
2. Export theWeb Part and save it to your local disk.
3. Start the SharePoint Tips Utility Pack.
   
4. Choose Web Parts Management, Push Web Parts.
5. Enter the parent site url in Site under which your sites are created on which you want to add the previously exported Web Part.
6. Enter the Page on which the Web Part should be added.
7. In the Select Web Part section, enter the path to your previously exported Web Part in the Web Part File field. Configure the Chrome, Zone and Zone Index for the Web Part you are going to add.
8. Push Start.

Solution: use the SharePoint Tips Utility Pack

• ShowOnlyUponCreation
• ShowOnlyUponModification

1. Start the SharePoint Tips Utility Pack.
   

   

2. Choose Lists Management, Change Field Settings.
3. Enter the Site Url of your SharePoint server and choose Load.
   

   

4. In the Choose List dropdown field, choose the value of our previously created SharePoint Custom List, being Custom List.
5. In the Choose Field dropdown field, choose our previously created ShowOnlyUponCreation SharePoint field.
6. Uncheck the checkbox Show In Edit Item Forms.
7. Press the button Set Values.
   

   

8. In the Choose Field dropdown field, choose our previously created ShowOnlyUponModification SharePoint field.
9. Uncheck the checkbox Show In New Item Forms.
10. Press the button Set Values.