Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Trac Tickets Custom Fields


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  • Trac Tickets Custom Fields

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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: One of:  
     21     * `plain` for plain text  
     22     * `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting (''since 0.11.3'')  
     23     * `reference` to treat the content as a queryable value (''since 1.0'')  
     24     * `list` to interpret the content as a list of queryable values, separated by whitespace (''since 1.0'') 
     25 * '''checkbox''': A boolean value check box. 
     26   * label: Descriptive label. 
     27   * value: Default value (0 or 1). 
     28   * order: Sort order placement. 
     29 * '''select''': Drop-down select box. Uses a list of values. 
     30   * label: Descriptive label. 
     31   * options: List of values, separated by '''|''' (vertical pipe). 
     32   * value: Default value (one of the values from options). 
     33   * order: Sort order placement. 
     34 * '''radio''': Radio buttons. Essentially the same as '''select'''. 
     35   * label: Descriptive label. 
     36   * options: List of values, separated by '''|''' (vertical pipe). 
     37   * value: Default value (one of the values from options). 
     38   * order: Sort order placement. 
     39 * '''textarea''': Multi-line text area. 
     40   * label: Descriptive label. 
     41   * value: Default text. 
     42   * cols: Width in columns. 
     43   * rows: Height in lines. 
     44   * order: Sort order placement. 
     45   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting. (''since 0.11.3'') 
     46 
     47=== Sample Config === 
     48{{{ 
     49[ticket-custom] 
     50 
     51test_one = text 
     52test_one.label = Just a text box 
     53 
     54test_two = text 
     55test_two.label = Another text-box 
     56test_two.value = Default [mailto:joe@nospam.com owner] 
     57test_two.format = wiki 
     58 
     59test_three = checkbox 
     60test_three.label = Some checkbox 
     61test_three.value = 1 
     62 
     63test_four = select 
     64test_four.label = My selectbox 
     65test_four.options = one|two|third option|four 
     66test_four.value = two 
     67 
     68test_five = radio 
     69test_five.label = Radio buttons are fun 
     70test_five.options = uno|dos|tres|cuatro|cinco 
     71test_five.value = dos 
     72 
     73test_six = textarea 
     74test_six.label = This is a large textarea 
     75test_six.value = Default text 
     76test_six.cols = 60 
     77test_six.rows = 30 
     78}}} 
     79 
     80''Note: To make entering an option for a `select` type field optional, specify a leading `|` in the `fieldname.options` option.'' 
     81 
     82=== Reports Involving Custom Fields === 
     83 
     84Custom 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`. 
     85 
     86{{{ 
     87#!sql 
     88SELECT p.value AS __color__, 
     89   id AS ticket, summary, owner, c.value AS progress 
     90  FROM ticket t, enum p, ticket_custom c 
     91  WHERE status IN ('assigned') AND t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress' 
     92AND p.name = t.priority AND p.type = 'priority' 
     93  ORDER BY p.value 
     94}}} 
     95'''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. 
     96 
     97However, 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. 
     98{{{ 
     99#!sql 
     100SELECT p.value AS __color__, 
     101   id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, severity, 
     102   (CASE status WHEN 'assigned' THEN owner||' *' ELSE owner END) AS owner, 
     103   time AS created, 
     104   changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description, 
     105   reporter AS _reporter, 
     106  (CASE WHEN c.value = '0' THEN 'None' ELSE c.value END) AS progress 
     107  FROM ticket t 
     108     LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom c ON (t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress') 
     109     JOIN enum p ON p.name = t.priority AND p.type='priority' 
     110  WHERE status IN ('new', 'assigned', 'reopened') 
     111  ORDER BY p.value, milestone, severity, time 
     112}}} 
     113 
     114Note in particular the `LEFT OUTER JOIN` statement here. 
     115 
     116=== Updating the database === 
     117 
     118As 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: 
     119 
     120{{{ 
     121#!sql 
     122INSERT INTO ticket_custom 
     123   (ticket, name, value) 
     124   SELECT  
     125      id AS ticket, 
     126      'request_source' AS name, 
     127      'None' AS value 
     128   FROM ticket  
     129   WHERE id NOT IN ( 
     130      SELECT ticket FROM ticket_custom 
     131   ); 
     132}}} 
     133 
     134If 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: 
     135 
     136{{{ 
     137#!sql 
     138INSERT INTO ticket_custom 
     139   (ticket, name, value) 
     140   SELECT  
     141      id AS ticket, 
     142      'request_source' AS name, 
     143      'None' AS value 
     144   FROM ticket  
     145   WHERE id NOT IN ( 
     146      SELECT ticket FROM ticket_custom WHERE name = 'request_source' 
     147   ); 
     148}}} 
     149 
     150---- 
     151See also: TracTickets, TracIni