Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of TracTicketsCustomFields


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    1 = Custom Ticket Fields =
     1= Custom Ticket Fields
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    23Trac supports adding custom, user-defined fields to the ticket module. Using custom fields, you can add typed, site-specific properties to tickets.
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    4 == Configuration ==
     5== Configuration
     6
    57Configuring custom ticket fields is done in the [wiki:TracIni trac.ini] file. All field definitions should be under a section named `[ticket-custom]`.
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    1113 ...
    1214}}}
     15
    1316The example below should help to explain the syntax.
    1417
    15 === Available Field Types and Options ===
     18=== Available Field Types and Options
     19
    1620 * '''text''': A simple (one line) text field.
    1721   * label: Descriptive label.
    1822   * value: Default value.
    19    * order: Sort order placement. (Determines relative placement in forms with respect to other custom fields.)
     23   * order: Sort order placement. Determines relative placement in forms with respect to other custom fields.
    2024   * format: One of:
    2125     * `plain` for plain text
    22      * `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting (''since 0.11.3'')
     26     * `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting
    2327     * `reference` to treat the content as a queryable value (''since 1.0'')
    2428     * `list` to interpret the content as a list of queryable values, separated by whitespace (''since 1.0'')
    2529 * '''checkbox''': A boolean value check box.
    2630   * label: Descriptive label.
    27    * value: Default value (0 or 1).
     31   * value: Default value: 0 or 1.
    2832   * order: Sort order placement.
    2933 * '''select''': Drop-down select box. Uses a list of values.
     
    4044   * label: Descriptive label.
    4145   * value: Default text.
    42    * cols: Width in columns.
     46   * cols: Width in columns
    4347   * rows: Height in lines.
    4448   * order: Sort order placement.
    45    * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting. (''since 0.11.3'')
     49   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting.
    4650
    47 === Sample Config ===
    48 {{{
     51Macros will be expanded when rendering `textarea` fields with format `wiki`, but not when rendering `text` fields with format `wiki`.
     52
     53=== Sample Configuration
     54
     55{{{#!ini
    4956[ticket-custom]
    5057
     
    7885}}}
    7986
    80 ''Note: To make entering an option for a `select` type field optional, specify a leading `|` in the `fieldname.options` option.''
     87'''Note''': To make entering an option for a `select` type field optional, specify a leading `|` in the `fieldname.options` option.
    8188
    82 === Reports Involving Custom Fields ===
     89=== Reports Involving Custom Fields
    8390
    8491Custom 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`.
    8592
    86 {{{
    87 #!sql
     93{{{#!sql
    8894SELECT p.value AS __color__,
    8995   id AS ticket, summary, owner, c.value AS progress
     
    9399  ORDER BY p.value
    94100}}}
    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.
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    97 However, 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
     102'''Note''': 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 is all that is required, you're set.
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     104However, 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:
     105{{{#!sql
    100106SELECT p.value AS __color__,
    101107   id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, severity,
     
    104110   changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description,
    105111   reporter AS _reporter,
    106   (CASE WHEN c.value = '0' THEN 'None' ELSE c.value END) AS progress
     112   (CASE WHEN c.value = '0' THEN 'None' ELSE c.value END) AS progress
    107113  FROM ticket t
    108114     LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom c ON (t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress')
     
    114120Note in particular the `LEFT OUTER JOIN` statement here.
    115121
    116 === Updating the database ===
     122Note that if your config file uses an '''uppercase''' name:
     123{{{#!ini
     124[ticket-custom]
    117125
    118 As 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:
     126Progress_Type = text
     127}}}
     128you would use '''lowercase''' in the SQL: `AND c.name = 'progress_type'`.
    119129
    120 {{{
    121 #!sql
     130=== Updating the database
     131
     132As noted above, any tickets created before a custom field has been defined will not have a value for that field. Here is some SQL (tested with SQLite) that you can run directly on the Trac database to set an initial value for custom ticket fields. It inserts the default value of 'None' into a custom field called 'request_source' for all tickets that have no existing value:
     133
     134{{{#!sql
    122135INSERT INTO ticket_custom
    123136   (ticket, name, value)
     
    134147If 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:
    135148
    136 {{{
    137 #!sql
     149{{{#!sql
    138150INSERT INTO ticket_custom
    139151   (ticket, name, value)