Answers.Body: <p>There is a write up <a href="https://civicrm.org/blog/colemanw/pushing-the-envelope-with-civicase" rel="nofollow">here</a> about using the API. May not be a lot of help to you but worth adding to the thread. I found it, and your question, while similarly searching for a solution to needing to 'bulk update' Cases - and having found and failed (in our situation) with VBO and Views it may be a case, for us at least, that we need to do some more development with VBO and civicrm Entities </p>
  
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Body: <p>I made a custom field in CiviCase and since I have hundreds of records where this field needs updating, I'd prefer to do it using batch update with profile. </p>
  
  <p>I made a profile containing the custom field plus one other case field. </p>
  
  <p>So I've tried:
  Find the records using advanced search, display the results as contacts - the profile I want to use is not available.
  Find the records using advanced search, display the results as cases - batch update via profile is not available. 
  Find the records using 'find Cases' from CiviCase - batch update via profile is not available.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help.</p>
  
Tags: <profile><civicase><batches>
Title: Update custom field in CiviCase using batch profile?
ThreadText: # Update custom field in CiviCase using batch profile?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-25)
  
  I made a custom field in CiviCase and since I have hundreds of records where this field needs updating, I'd prefer to do it using batch update with profile.
  
  I made a profile containing the custom field plus one other case field.
  
  So I've tried:
  Find the records using advanced search, display the results as contacts - the profile I want to use is not available.
  Find the records using advanced search, display the results as cases - batch update via profile is not available.
  Find the records using 'find Cases' from CiviCase - batch update via profile is not available.
  
  Thanks for any help.
  
  **Tags:** profile, civicase, batches
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-30. Score: 1
  
  There is a write up [here](https://civicrm.org/blog/colemanw/pushing-the-envelope-with-civicase) about using the API. May not be a lot of help to you but worth adding to the thread. I found it, and your question, while similarly searching for a solution to needing to 'bulk update' Cases - and having found and failed (in our situation) with VBO and Views it may be a case, for us at least, that we need to do some more development with VBO and civicrm Entities
  
  
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