Columns - Update

Service:

Work

API Version:

7.1

Update columns on a board

PUT https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/{team}/_apis/work/boards/{board}/columns?api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
board	path	True	string	Name or ID of the specific board
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
team	path		string	Team ID or team name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
body	BoardColumn[]	List of board columns to update

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	BoardColumn[]	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.work_write	Grants the ability to read, create, and update work items and queries, update board metadata, read area and iterations paths other work item tracking related metadata, execute queries, and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Update columns on a board

Sample request

HTTP

PUT https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam/Fabrikam Team/_apis/work/boards/{board}/columns?api-version=7.1

[
  {
    "id": "12eed5fb-8af3-47bb-9d2a-058fbe7e1196",
    "name": "New",
    "itemLimit": 0,
    "stateMappings": {
      "Product Backlog Item": "New",
      "Bug": "New"
    },
    "columnType": "incoming"
  },
  {
    "id": "5f72391d-af1c-4754-9459-23138eba13e3",
    "name": "Approved",
    "itemLimit": 5,
    "stateMappings": {
      "Product Backlog Item": "Approved",
      "Bug": "Approved"
    },
    "isSplit": false,
    "description": "",
    "columnType": "inProgress"
  },
  {
    "id": "4ddb0875-547e-4d2c-b36a-4ea9a1f7be41",
    "name": "Committed",
    "itemLimit": 5,
    "stateMappings": {
      "Product Backlog Item": "Committed",
      "Bug": "Committed"
    },
    "isSplit": false,
    "description": "",
    "columnType": "inProgress"
  },
  {
    "id": "1016c466-6cb6-4bf9-9a19-4e9cc88204df",
    "name": "Done",
    "itemLimit": 0,
    "stateMappings": {
      "Product Backlog Item": "Done",
      "Bug": "Done"
    },
    "columnType": "outgoing"
  }
]

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "count": 4,
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "12eed5fb-8af3-47bb-9d2a-058fbe7e1196",
      "name": "New",
      "itemLimit": 0,
      "stateMappings": {
        "Product Backlog Item": "New",
        "Bug": "New"
      },
      "columnType": "incoming"
    },
    {
      "id": "5f72391d-af1c-4754-9459-23138eba13e3",
      "name": "Approved",
      "itemLimit": 5,
      "stateMappings": {
        "Product Backlog Item": "Approved",
        "Bug": "Approved"
      },
      "isSplit": false,
      "description": "",
      "columnType": "inProgress"
    },
    {
      "id": "4ddb0875-547e-4d2c-b36a-4ea9a1f7be41",
      "name": "Committed",
      "itemLimit": 5,
      "stateMappings": {
        "Product Backlog Item": "Committed",
        "Bug": "Committed"
      },
      "isSplit": false,
      "description": "",
      "columnType": "inProgress"
    },
    {
      "id": "1016c466-6cb6-4bf9-9a19-4e9cc88204df",
      "name": "Done",
      "itemLimit": 0,
      "stateMappings": {
        "Product Backlog Item": "Done",
        "Bug": "Done"
      },
      "columnType": "outgoing"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
BoardColumn
BoardColumnType

BoardColumn

Name	Type	Description
columnType	BoardColumnType
description	string
id	string
isSplit	boolean
itemLimit	integer
name	string
stateMappings	object

BoardColumnType

Name	Type	Description
inProgress	string
incoming	string
outgoing	string