Trackers

Structure

Here is a (old) global overview of the structure of trackers. The aim is to give to the developer a bird’s-eye view of objects relationship and underlying database structure.

Overview of tracker structure

Creating a new field

Here are important points to be checked while developing a new field. This applies also for new types of bind for list fields. Please note that some points may be irrelevant for some type of fields.

  • Setup acceptance criteria in test suite

  • Tracker Field Structure

    • Specific properties?

    • Field can be switch to another type (only sb/msb)

    • Shared Fields

    • Import/Export XML

    • Field is duplicated on tracker inheritance (both tracker and project creation)

    • Definition is NOT given through SOAP @deprecated

    • Definition is given through REST (representations)

    • Migrate field from TV3 (if not done)

    • Does new field can be used for burndown?

    • Can the field be required?

    • What level of permissions this field supports?

  • Artifacts

    • Export/import CSV

    • What does ‘None’ mean for this field?

    • Default value

    • Field is involved in notifications

    • New value is sent in notifications

    • Diff of the field appears in changesets

    • Get/create/update NOT through SOAP @deprecated

    • New value is Copyed on Artifact copy

    • New value can be used in semantic

    • New value can be updated on masschanges

    • On an artifact with artifact links, on creating directly a child the field can be used

  • Reports

    • Field is searchable through criteria

    • Field is displayed as a column in table

    • Field is used to sort

    • Field is used for aggregates

    • Field is used to build charts

    • Field is used to build cardwall

  • Angular

    • Create/ edit modal

    • Cardwall edit in place

    • Card field in planning v2

    • Card field in kanban + filter + highlight

    • Does field can be directly updated in Cardwall

    • Modal edit Release

    • Modal add a Task

  • User documentation is accurate