---
title: "Bulk Edit Test Runs"
description: "Change the language, test case, market or outcome of many test runs at once - select them in the test run list and use Bulk Edit."
url: https://www.surveytester.com/academy/en/test-run/bulk-edit-test-runs/
language: en
type: how-to
audiences: ["Project Managers", "Survey Testers"]
published: 2026-11-03
updated: 2026-11-03
tags: ["test runs", "bulk edit", "language", "market", "test case", "outcome"]
---

# Bulk Edit Test Runs

_Test Run · SurveyTester Academy_

Every test run carries metadata: the **language** it was run in, the **test case** it belongs to, the **market** and the **outcome** (Complete, Screenout, Over Quota ...). Usually SurveyTester fills these in by itself. But sometimes a whole batch is wrong - testers started with the wrong market selected, a test case was created after the runs, or a series of runs ended in an outcome you want to correct.

Fixing such a batch run by run is slow. With **Bulk Edit** you select all affected test runs in the test run list and change them in one step.

## What Bulk Edit changes

| Field | What happens |
|---|---|
| **Language** | The runs and all texts captured during them move to the new language. |
| **Test Case** | The runs are assigned to the test case, or to no test case. The "!" marker for an unexpected outcome is recalculated. |
| **Market** | The runs and the issues reported on their pages move to the new market, or to no market. |
| **Outcome** | The final status of the runs is set, or removed. |

Fields you do not touch keep their current value on every run.

## How to bulk edit test runs

### Step 1: Select the test runs

Open **Test Runs**. Tick the checkbox at the start of each run you want to change. Hold **Shift** while clicking to select a whole range. The checkbox in the header selects or deselects all runs currently shown - combine it with the search box or a result filter to select exactly the runs you need.

![Placeholder: screenshot of the test run list with selected runs and the Bulk Edit bar](https://www.surveytester.com/academy/_img/test-run/bulk-edit-test-runs/en/bulk-edit-selection.png "w=44rem | Selected test runs and the Bulk Edit bar")

As soon as one run is selected, a bar appears below the list showing how many runs are selected.

### Step 2: Open Bulk Edit

Click **Bulk Edit** in the bar. Every field starts with **-- Keep Existing Value --**.

### Step 3: Pick the new values

Choose a new value for each field you want to change. For Test Case, Market and Outcome you can also choose **No Test Case**, **No Market** or **No Outcome** to clear the field. The **X** next to a field sets it back to "Keep Existing Value".

![Placeholder: screenshot of the Bulk Edit dialog for test runs](https://www.surveytester.com/academy/_img/test-run/bulk-edit-test-runs/en/bulk-edit-dialog.png "w=36rem | The Bulk Edit dialog")

### Step 4: Apply

Click **Change N Test Runs**. The list is refreshed with the new values and the selection is cleared.

## Good to know

- You need the permission to edit test runs. Users without it do not see the checkboxes.
- Closed projects are read-only: the checkboxes are not shown there.
- To change the **name** of a test run, open the run and use **Edit** - names are changed one run at a time.