How to Change Release Name format in tfs release dashboard?

Question

Is there any way to change the Release name of Pipeline after it started and dash board will still consider the new name and reflect it ?
For example at the start of the build ReleaseName=release_1 and after that in one of the step we change its value to ReleaseName=release_11.04122018 but release dashboard will still be having older ReleaseName, how can it be updated with changed name ?

Answer 1

To customize the build and release names, you could consider using the commands of build.updatebuildnumber and respectively release.updatereleasename from a PowerShell script. See also this page on GitHub.

Translated to yaml, it'll look like this:

- powershell: |
    [string]$version="$(Build.Repository.Name)_SomeCustomData_$(Build.BuildId)"
    Write-Output "##vso[build.updatebuildnumber]$version"
  displayName: Set Build Number

Same applies for setting a release number, but since it's not possible yet to use yaml for release pipelines, you'd need to add a PowerShell task yourself and add an inline script like this:

[string]$name="My custom release name"
Write-Output "##vso[release.updatereleasename]$name"

To see which variables you can use for build and release pipelines, check these pages:

• Build variables
• Release variables