Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracTicketsCustomFields


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  • TracTicketsCustomFields

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     1= Custom Ticket Fields =
     2Trac supports adding custom, user-defined fields to the ticket module. Using custom fields, you can add typed, site-specific properties to tickets.
     3
     4== Configuration ==
     5Configuring custom ticket fields is done in the [wiki:TracIni trac.ini] file. All field definitions should be under a section named `[ticket-custom]`.
     6
     7The syntax of each field definition is:
     8{{{
     9 FIELD_NAME = TYPE
     10 (FIELD_NAME.OPTION = VALUE)
     11 ...
     12}}}
     13The example below should help to explain the syntax.
     14
     15=== Available Field Types and Options ===
     16 * '''text''': A simple (one line) text field.
     17   * label: Descriptive label.
     18   * value: Default value.
     19   * order: Sort order placement. (Determines relative placement in forms with respect to other custom fields.)
     20   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting. (''since 0.11.3'')
     21 * '''checkbox''': A boolean value check box.
     22   * label: Descriptive label.
     23   * value: Default value (0 or 1).
     24   * order: Sort order placement.
     25 * '''select''': Drop-down select box. Uses a list of values.
     26   * label: Descriptive label.
     27   * options: List of values, separated by '''|''' (vertical pipe).
     28   * value: Default value (one of the values from options).
     29   * order: Sort order placement.
     30 * '''radio''': Radio buttons. Essentially the same as '''select'''.
     31   * label: Descriptive label.
     32   * options: List of values, separated by '''|''' (vertical pipe).
     33   * value: Default value (one of the values from options).
     34   * order: Sort order placement.
     35 * '''textarea''': Multi-line text area.
     36   * label: Descriptive label.
     37   * value: Default text.
     38   * cols: Width in columns.
     39   * rows: Height in lines.
     40   * order: Sort order placement.
     41   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting. (''since 0.11.3'')
     42
     43=== Sample Config ===
     44{{{
     45[ticket-custom]
     46
     47test_one = text
     48test_one.label = Just a text box
     49
     50test_two = text
     51test_two.label = Another text-box
     52test_two.value = Default [mailto:joe@nospam.com owner]
     53test_two.format = wiki
     54
     55test_three = checkbox
     56test_three.label = Some checkbox
     57test_three.value = 1
     58
     59test_four = select
     60test_four.label = My selectbox
     61test_four.options = one|two|third option|four
     62test_four.value = two
     63
     64test_five = radio
     65test_five.label = Radio buttons are fun
     66test_five.options = uno|dos|tres|cuatro|cinco
     67test_five.value = dos
     68
     69test_six = textarea
     70test_six.label = This is a large textarea
     71test_six.value = Default text
     72test_six.cols = 60
     73test_six.rows = 30
     74}}}
     75
     76''Note: To make entering an option for a `select` type field optional, specify a leading `|` in the `fieldname.options` option.''
     77
     78=== Reports Involving Custom Fields ===
     79
     80Custom ticket fields are stored in the `ticket_custom` table, not in the `ticket` table. So to display the values from custom fields in a report, you will need a join on the 2 tables. Let's use an example with a custom ticket field called `progress`.
     81
     82{{{
     83#!sql
     84SELECT p.value AS __color__,
     85   id AS ticket, summary, owner, c.value AS progress
     86  FROM ticket t, enum p, ticket_custom c
     87  WHERE status IN ('assigned') AND t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress'
     88AND p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority'
     89  ORDER BY p.value
     90}}}
     91'''Note''' that this will only show tickets that have progress set in them, which is '''not the same as showing all tickets'''. If you created this custom ticket field ''after'' you have already created some tickets, they will not have that field defined, and thus they will never show up on this ticket query. If you go back and modify those tickets, the field will be defined, and they will appear in the query. If that's all you want, you're set.
     92
     93However, if you want to show all ticket entries (with progress defined and without), you need to use a `JOIN` for every custom field that is in the query.
     94{{{
     95#!sql
     96SELECT p.value AS __color__,
     97   id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, severity,
     98   (CASE status WHEN 'assigned' THEN owner||' *' ELSE owner END) AS owner,
     99   time AS created,
     100   changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description,
     101   reporter AS _reporter,
     102  (CASE WHEN c.value = '0' THEN 'None' ELSE c.value END) AS progress
     103  FROM ticket t
     104     LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom c ON (t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress')
     105     JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type='priority'
     106  WHERE status IN ('new', 'assigned', 'reopened')
     107  ORDER BY p.value, milestone, severity, time
     108}}}
     109
     110Note in particular the `LEFT OUTER JOIN` statement here.
     111
     112=== Updating the database ===
     113
     114As noted above, any tickets created before a custom field has been defined will not have a value for that field. Here's a bit of SQL (tested with SQLite) that you can run directly on the Trac database to set an initial value for custom ticket fields. Inserts the default value of 'None' into a custom field called 'request_source' for all tickets that have no existing value:
     115
     116{{{
     117#!sql
     118INSERT INTO ticket_custom
     119   (ticket, name, value)
     120   SELECT
     121      id AS ticket,
     122      'request_source' AS name,
     123      'None' AS value
     124   FROM ticket
     125   WHERE id NOT IN (
     126      SELECT ticket FROM ticket_custom
     127   );
     128}}}
     129
     130If you added multiple custom fields at different points in time, you should be more specific in the subquery on table {{{ticket}}} by adding the exact custom field name to the query:
     131
     132{{{
     133#!sql
     134INSERT INTO ticket_custom
     135   (ticket, name, value)
     136   SELECT
     137      id AS ticket,
     138      'request_source' AS name,
     139      'None' AS value
     140   FROM ticket
     141   WHERE id NOT IN (
     142      SELECT ticket FROM ticket_custom WHERE name = 'request_source'
     143   );
     144}}}
     145
     146----
     147See also: TracTickets, TracIni