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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.
     24   * format: One of:
     25     * `plain` for plain text
     26     * `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting
     27     * `reference` to treat the content as a queryable value (''since 1.0'')
     28     * `list` to interpret the content as a list of queryable values, separated by whitespace (''since 1.0'')
    2029 * '''checkbox''': A boolean value check box.
    2130   * label: Descriptive label.
    22    * value: Default value (0 or 1).
     31   * value: Default value: 0 or 1.
    2332   * order: Sort order placement.
    2433 * '''select''': Drop-down select box. Uses a list of values.
     
    3544   * label: Descriptive label.
    3645   * value: Default text.
    37    * cols: Width in columns.
     46   * cols: Width in columns
    3847   * rows: Height in lines.
    3948   * order: Sort order placement.
     49   * format: Either `plain` for plain text or `wiki` to interpret the content as WikiFormatting.
    4050
    41 === Sample Config ===
    42 {{{
     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
    4356[ticket-custom]
    4457
     
    4861test_two = text
    4962test_two.label = Another text-box
    50 test_two.value = Just a default value
     63test_two.value = Default [mailto:joe@nospam.com owner]
     64test_two.format = wiki
    5165
    5266test_three = checkbox
     
    7185}}}
    7286
    73 ''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.
    7488
    75 === Reports Involving Custom Fields ===
     89=== Reports Involving Custom Fields
    7690
    7791Custom 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`.
    7892
    79 {{{
    80 #!sql
     93{{{#!sql
    8194SELECT p.value AS __color__,
    8295   id AS ticket, summary, owner, c.value AS progress
     
    8699  ORDER BY p.value
    87100}}}
    88 '''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.
    89101
    90 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.
    91 {{{
    92 #!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.
     103
     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
    93106SELECT p.value AS __color__,
    94107   id AS ticket, summary, component, version, milestone, severity,
     
    97110   changetime AS _changetime, description AS _description,
    98111   reporter AS _reporter,
    99   (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
    100113  FROM ticket t
    101114     LEFT OUTER JOIN ticket_custom c ON (t.id = c.ticket AND c.name = 'progress')
     
    107120Note in particular the `LEFT OUTER JOIN` statement here.
    108121
    109 === Updating the database ===
     122Note that if your config file uses an '''uppercase''' name:
     123{{{#!ini
     124[ticket-custom]
    110125
    111 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'`.
    112129
    113 {{{
    114 #!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
    115135INSERT INTO ticket_custom
    116136   (ticket, name, value)
     
    127147If 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:
    128148
    129 {{{
    130 #!sql
     149{{{#!sql
    131150INSERT INTO ticket_custom
    132151   (ticket, name, value)