Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of TracReports


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  • TracReports

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    1717  ''This will make the query module the default handler for the “View Tickets” navigation item. We encourage you to try this configuration and report back what kind of features of reports you are missing, if any.''
    1818
    19   '''''You will almost definitely need to restart your httpd at this point.'''''
    20 
    2119A report consists of these basic parts:
    22  * '''ID''' -- Unique (sequential) identifier
    23  * '''Title'''  -- Descriptive title
    24  * '''Description'''  -- A brief description of the report, in WikiFormatting text.
    25  * '''Report Body''' -- List of results from report query, formatted according to the methods described below.
    26  * '''Footer''' -- Links to alternative download formats for this report.
     20 * '''ID''' — Unique (sequential) identifier
     21 * '''Title''' — Descriptive title
     22 * '''Description''' — A brief description of the report, in WikiFormatting text.
     23 * '''Report Body''' — List of results from report query, formatted according to the methods described below.
     24 * '''Footer''' — Links to alternative download formats for this report.
    2725
    2826== Changing Sort Order ==
    … …  
    3129If a column header is a hyperlink (red), click the column you would like to sort by. Clicking the same header again reverses the order.
    3230
     31== Changing Report Numbering ==
     32There may be instances where you need to change the ID of the report, perhaps to organize the reports better. At present this requires changes to the trac database. The ''report'' table has the following schema ''(since 0.10)'':
     33 * id integer PRIMARY KEY
     34 * author text
     35 * title text
     36 * query text
     37 * description text
     38Changing the ID changes the shown order and number in the ''Available Reports'' list and the report's perma-link. This is done by running something like:
     39{{{
     40update report set id=5 where id=3;
     41}}}
     42Keep in mind that the integrity has to be maintained (i.e., ID has to be unique, and you don't want to exceed the max, since that's managed by SQLite someplace).
     43
     44You may also need to update or remove the report number stored in the report or query.
     45
    3346== Navigating Tickets ==
    3447Clicking on one of the report results will take you to that ticket. You can navigate through the results by clicking the ''Next Ticket'' or ''Previous Ticket'' links just below the main menu bar, or click the ''Back to Report'' link to return to the report page.
    3548
    36 You can safely edit any of the tickets and continue to navigate through the results using the Next/Previous/Back to Report links after saving your results, but when you return to the report, there will be no hint about what has changed, as would happen if you were navigating a list of tickets obtained from a query (see TracQuery#NavigatingTickets). ''(since 0.11)''
     49You can safely edit any of the tickets and continue to navigate through the results using the ''!Next/Previous/Back to Report'' links after saving your results, but when you return to the report, there will be no hint about what has changed, as would happen if you were navigating a list of tickets obtained from a query (see TracQuery#NavigatingTickets). ''(since 0.11)''
    3750
    3851== Alternative Download Formats ==
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    4356=== Comma-delimited - CSV (Comma Separated Values) ===
    4457Export the report as plain text, each row on its own line, columns separated by a single comma (',').
    45 '''Note:''' Carriage returns, line feeds, and commas are stripped from column data to preserve the CSV structure.
     58'''Note:''' The output is fully escaped so carriage returns, line feeds, and commas will be preserved in the output.
    4659
    4760=== Tab-delimited ===
    … …  
    5972A report is basically a single named SQL query, executed and presented by
    6073Trac.  Reports can be viewed and created from a custom SQL expression directly
    61 in from the web interface.
     74in the web interface.
    6275
    6376Typically, a report consists of a SELECT-expression from the 'ticket' table,
    … …  
    8699See TracTickets for a detailed description of the column fields.
    87100
    88 '''all active tickets, sorted by priority and time'''
    89 
    90 '''Example:''' ''All active tickets, sorted by priority and time''
     101Example: '''All active tickets, sorted by priority and time'''
    91102{{{
    92103SELECT id AS ticket, status, severity, priority, owner,
    93        time as created, summary FROM ticket
     104       time AS created, summary FROM ticket
    94105  WHERE status IN ('new', 'assigned', 'reopened')
    95106  ORDER BY priority, time
    96107}}}
    97108
    98 
    99 ----
    100 
     109---
    101110
    102111== Advanced Reports: Dynamic Variables ==
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    127136
    128137
    129 === Special/Constant Variables ===
    130 There is one ''magic'' dynamic variable to allow practical reports, its value automatically set without having to change the URL.
    131 
    132  * $USER -- Username of logged in user.
     138=== !Special/Constant Variables ===
     139There is one dynamic variable whose value is set automatically (the URL does not have to be changed) to allow practical reports.
     140
     141 * $USER — Username of logged in user.
    133142
    134143Example (''List all tickets assigned to me''):
    … …  
    152161
    153162=== Automatically formatted columns ===
    154  * '''ticket''' -- Ticket ID number. Becomes a hyperlink to that ticket.
    155  * '''created, modified, date, time''' -- Format cell as a date and/or time.
    156 
    157  * '''description''' -- Ticket description field, parsed through the wiki engine.
     163 * '''ticket''' — Ticket ID number. Becomes a hyperlink to that ticket.
     164 * '''id''' — same as '''ticket''' above when '''realm''' is not set
     165 * '''realm''' — together with '''id''', can be used to create links to other resources than tickets (e.g. a realm of ''wiki'' and an ''id'' to a page name will create a link to that wiki page)
     166 * '''created, modified, date, time''' — Format cell as a date and/or time.
     167 * '''description''' — Ticket description field, parsed through the wiki engine.
    158168
    159169'''Example:'''
    160170{{{
    161 SELECT id as ticket, created, status, summary FROM ticket
    162 }}}
     171SELECT id AS ticket, created, status, summary FROM ticket
     172}}}
     173
     174Those columns can also be defined but marked as hidden, see [#column-syntax below].
     175
     176See trac:wiki/CookBook/Configuration/Reports for some example of creating reports for realms other than ''ticket''.
    163177
    164178=== Custom formatting columns ===
    … …  
    166180assumed to be ''formatting hints'', affecting the appearance of the row.
    167181 
    168  * '''`__group__`''' -- Group results based on values in this column. Each group will have its own header and table.
    169  * '''`__color__`''' -- Should be a numeric value ranging from 1 to 5 to select a pre-defined row color. Typically used to color rows by issue priority.
     182 * '''`__group__`''' — Group results based on values in this column. Each group will have its own header and table.
     183 * '''`__grouplink__`''' — Make the header of each group a link to the specified URL. The URL is taken from the first row of each group.
     184 * '''`__color__`''' — Should be a numeric value ranging from 1 to 5 to select a pre-defined row color. Typically used to color rows by issue priority.
    170185{{{
    171186#!html
    … …  
    178193</div>
    179194}}}
    180  * '''`__style__`''' -- A custom CSS style expression to use for the current row.
    181 
    182 '''Example:''' ''List active tickets, grouped by milestone, colored by priority''
     195 * '''`__style__`''' — A custom CSS style expression to use for the current row.
     196
     197'''Example:''' ''List active tickets, grouped by milestone, group header linked to milestone page, colored by priority''
    183198{{{
    184199SELECT p.value AS __color__,
    185200     t.milestone AS __group__,
     201     '../milestone/' || t.milestone AS __grouplink__,
    186202     (CASE owner WHEN 'daniel' THEN 'font-weight: bold; background: red;' ELSE '' END) AS __style__,
    187203       t.id AS ticket, summary
    … …  
    195211numeric representation from the ''enum'' table.
    196212
    197 === Changing layout of report rows ===
     213=== Changing layout of report rows === #column-syntax
    198214By default, all columns on each row are display on a single row in the HTML
    199215report, possibly formatted according to the descriptions above. However, it's
    200216also possible to create multi-line report entries.
    201217
    202  * '''`column_`''' -- ''Break row after this''. By appending an underscore ('_') to the column name, the remaining columns will be be continued on a second line.
    203 
    204  * '''`_column_`''' -- ''Full row''. By adding an underscore ('_') both at the beginning and the end of a column name, the data will be shown on a separate row.
    205 
    206  * '''`_column`'''  --  ''Hide data''. Prepending an underscore ('_') to a column name instructs Trac to hide the contents from the HTML output. This is useful for information to be visible only if downloaded in other formats (like CSV or RSS/XML).
     218 * '''`column_`''' — ''Break row after this''. By appending an underscore ('_') to the column name, the remaining columns will be continued on a second line.
     219
     220 * '''`_column_`''' — ''Full row''. By adding an underscore ('_') both at the beginning and the end of a column name, the data will be shown on a separate row.
     221
     222 * '''`_column`''' — ''Hide data''. Prepending an underscore ('_') to a column name instructs Trac to hide the contents from the HTML output. This is useful for information to be visible only if downloaded in other formats (like CSV or RSS/XML).
     223   This can be used to hide any kind of column, even important ones required for identifying the resource, e.g. `id as _id` will hide the '''Id''' column but the link to the ticket will be present.
    207224
    208225'''Example:''' ''List active tickets, grouped by milestone, colored by priority, with  description and multi-line layout''
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    229246If you have added custom fields to your tickets (a feature since v0.8, see TracTicketsCustomFields), you can write a SQL query to cover them. You'll need to make a join on the ticket_custom table, but this isn't especially easy.
    230247
    231 If you have tickets in the database ''before'' you declare the extra fields in trac.ini, there will be no associated data in the ticket_custom table. To get around this, use SQL's "LEFT OUTER JOIN" clauses. See TracIniReportCustomFieldSample for some examples.
     248If you have tickets in the database ''before'' you declare the extra fields in trac.ini, there will be no associated data in the ticket_custom table. To get around this, use SQL's "LEFT OUTER JOIN" clauses. See [trac:TracIniReportCustomFieldSample TracIniReportCustomFieldSample] for some examples.
    232249
    233250'''Note that you need to set up permissions in order to see the buttons for adding or editing reports.'''