How to change the Created By field on a Work Item in TFS?

Question

Is there a way to change the Created By field on a work item in TFS? Maybe by altering the database?

I want to be able to create a bug/feature/PBI, then change it to be

Answer 1

Seems you want to set a faker creator for a work item.

Created By

The name of the team member who created the work item.

Reference name=Microsoft.VSTS.Common.CreatedBy

There is no build-in way to change this filed. Take a look at this:

IsEditable

No

Indicates if users can modify this field (True) or not (False). Examples of non-editable fields are ones that are set by the system, such as the ID, Revision, Created By, and Changed By fields.

More details please refer Work Item Field Attributes – What You Can and Can’t Change

Change the value directly in the Database may do the trick, but it's not a recommend way. It's also go against the concept of source control.

If you just want to notify others when work item update. As a workaround, suggest you use the follow function in work item.

When you want to track the progress of a single work item, click the Follow icon icon. This signals the system to notify you when changes are made to the work item.

Note: This feature is available from TFS 2017 and above.