Trac Ticket Queries
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In addition to reports, Trac provides support for custom ticket queries, used to display lists of tickets meeting a specified set of criteria.
To configure and execute a custom query, switch to the View Tickets module from the navigation bar, and select the Custom Query link.
Filters
When you first go to the query page the default filter will display tickets relevant to you:
- If logged in then all open tickets it will display open tickets assigned to you.
- If not logged in but you have specified a name or email address in the preferences then it will display all open tickets where your email (or name if email not defined) is in the CC list.
- If not logged and no name/email defined in the preferences then all open issues are displayed.
Current filters can be removed by clicking the button to the left with the minus sign on the label. New filters are added from the pulldown lists at the bottom corners of the filters box ('And' conditions on the left, 'Or' conditions on the right). Filters with either a text box or a pulldown menu of options can be added multiple times to perform an or of the criteria.
You can use the fields just below the filters box to group the results based on a field, or display the full description for each ticket.
Once you've edited your filters click the Update button to refresh your results.
Navigating Tickets
Clicking on one of the query 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 Query link to return to the query page.
You can safely edit any of the tickets and continue to navigate through the results using the Next/Previous/Back to Query links after saving your results. When you return to the query any tickets which were edited will be displayed with italicized text. If one of the tickets was edited such that it no longer matches the query criteria the text will also be greyed. Lastly, if a new ticket matching the query criteria has been created, it will be shown in bold.
The query results can be refreshed and cleared of these status indicators by clicking the Update button again.
Saving Queries
Trac allows you to save the query as a named query accessible from the reports module. To save a query ensure that you have Updated the view and then click the Save query button displayed beneath the results. You can also save references to queries in Wiki content, as described below.
Note: one way to easily build queries like the ones below, you can build and test the queries in the Custom report module and when ready - click Save query. This will build the query string for you. All you need to do is remove the extra line breaks.
Note: you must have the REPORT_CREATE permission in order to save queries to the list of default reports. The Save query button will only appear if you are logged in as a user that has been granted this permission. If your account does not have permission to create reports, you can still use the methods below to save a query.
Using TracLinks
You may want to save some queries so that you can come back to them later. You can do this by making a link to the query from any Wiki page.
[query:status=new|assigned|reopened&version=1.0 Active tickets against 1.0]
Which is displayed as:
This uses a very simple query language to specify the criteria (see Query Language).
Alternatively, you can copy the query string of a query and paste that into the Wiki link, including the leading ? character:
[query:?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&group=owner Assigned tickets by owner]
Which is displayed as:
Using the [[TicketQuery]] Macro
The TicketQuery macro lets you display lists of tickets matching certain criteria anywhere you can use WikiFormatting.
Example:
[[TicketQuery(version=0.6|0.7&resolution=duplicate)]]
This is displayed as:
- #16
- Create proper website
- #17
- Add mouse support
- #22
- Turn next_xp option on permanently
- #37
- Split up externs.h into other headers, to allow less recompiling
- #74
- Add reference counting to the quarks package
- #75
- Panic saves shouldn't overwrite normal savefiles
- #109
- Remove unused ports
- #110
- Slim down number of ports further
- #113
- Build/Package win console mode angband along with windows binaries
- #178
- Lanterns of everburning should not be fuellable or useable as fuel
- #237
- Windows Angband reacts to clicks while in the background
- #267
- message displays wrong total count after purchasing items that you already have
- #306
- run isn't working
- #439
- Armour with negative to-hit gets classed as "magical"
- #493
- Windows port doesn't save when computer shut down
- #523
- Import FA's get_item() and get_spell() menu-ified functions
- #530
- Allow reviewing the contents of the home from the knowledge screens.
- #577
- Debug mode isn't friendly in the slightest
- #582
- Traps are boring
- #606
- Macro's still use normal keyset when game is set for roguelike keys
- #632
- Detect Enchantment should be more consistent
- #650
- Infinite Scroll of Rune of Protection
- #660
- Allow New Game/Load Game without Quitting
- #785
- Various mushrooms have 0 value and squelch by default
- #815
- Lose turn when unable to attack
- #846
- Numbers in item description neglect item's own pval
- #863
- Allow home inventory to be accessible from knowledge menu
- #881
- Inpsect needs a more prompt
- #911
- Monster list needs a go-through
- #967
- Some artifacts not placed into history when found/ID'd
- #971
- inconsitency in monster info and rod information
- #977
- Garbage in message recall window when dropping items in home
- #1035
- Display relative speed
- #1044
- "this can never happen!" happens whenever a rod recharges.
- #1080
- Add min/max depths for ego types
- #1108
- Add no_selling option
- #1126
- Enchant scrolls do not remember the selected item when repeating with 'n'
- #1147
- don't reduce energy on load
- #1164
- Improve the item list
- #1200
- Trap suggestions
- #1271
- Fix or remove variance in gold drops
- #1272
- Need -lSDL on new(ish) Linux
- #1284
- Move to C99 types
- #1289
- Remove cheat options, move them to wizard mode
- #1294
- Version 3.2 crashes immediately upon startup (Intel Mac, OS X 10.5.8)
- #1295
- Allow access to birth options at the final stage of character creation
- #1323
- Monsters should have unique names
- #1344
- cannot handle window more than 256 chars wide
- #1372
- gruesome bug leaps and then segfault at C-x; reproducible
- #1374
- Loading window preferences doesn't work
- #1400
- Restore Item "mends" =Mouse, =Dog
- #1405
- Mutiple Pval oddness
- #1416
- Staff of Detect Invisible not showing invisible monster
- #1418
- Pressing return while using roguelike keys tunnels downward.
- #1420
- Detect Invisible does not always detect invisible monsters
- #1423
- Accents do not always display properly
- #1426
- Crash when down arrow is pressed
- #1496
- Improve running
- #1532
- Update spoilers
- #1578
- Ensure that effect values are >0 in project_m
- #1649
- mon_inc_timed: Assertion `timer > 0' failed.
- #1685
- Improper capitalization in some messages.
- #1724
- SDL port crash on exit with stack trashing
- #1730
- Crash in SDL port upon exit
- #1762
- Graphics gone all squiffy
- #1769
- Potion mimics shatter twice when destroyed
- #1807
- Squelched Items appear in message line on walkover
- #1808
- Monster recall subterm does not refresh on level change
- #1825
- Turn count bug (player history)
- #1826
- GCU port wall display is behaving strangely.
- #1922
- AC display wrong
Just like the query: wiki links, the parameter of this macro expects a query string formatted according to the rules of the simple ticket query language. This also allows displaying the link and description of a single ticket:
[[TicketQuery(id=123)]]
This is displayed as:
No results
A more compact representation without the ticket summaries is also available:
[[TicketQuery(version=0.6|0.7&resolution=duplicate, compact)]]
This is displayed as:
#16, #17, #22, #37, #74, #75, #109, #110, #113, #178, #237, #267, #306, #439, #493, #523, #530, #577, #582, #606, #632, #650, #660, #785, #815, #846, #863, #881, #911, #967, #971, #977, #1035, #1044, #1080, #1108, #1126, #1147, #1164, #1200, #1271, #1272, #1284, #1289, #1294, #1295, #1323, #1344, #1372, #1374, #1400, #1405, #1416, #1418, #1420, #1423, #1426, #1496, #1532, #1578, #1649, #1685, #1724, #1730, #1762, #1769, #1807, #1808, #1825, #1826, #1922
Finally, if you wish to receive only the number of defects that match the query, use the count parameter.
[[TicketQuery(version=0.6|0.7&resolution=duplicate, count)]]
This is displayed as:
71
Customizing the table format
You can also customize the columns displayed in the table format (format=table) by using col=<field> - you can specify multiple fields and what order they are displayed by placing pipes (|) between the columns like below:
[[TicketQuery(max=3,status=closed,order=id,desc=1,format=table,col=resolution|summary|owner|reporter)]]
This is displayed as:
Results (1 - 3 of 1717)
| Ticket | Resolution | Summary | Owner | Reporter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2026 | fixed (in master) | Throwing damage not shown | nckmccnnll | |
| #2025 | fixed (in master) | Inconsistent ID behaviour | nckmccnnll | |
| #2024 | fixed (in master) | Detection and mimics | nckmccnnll |
Full rows
In table format you can also have full rows by using rows=<field> like below:
[[TicketQuery(max=3,status=closed,order=id,desc=1,format=table,col=resolution|summary|owner|reporter,rows=description)]]
This is displayed as:
Results (1 - 3 of 1717)
| Ticket | Resolution | Summary | Owner | Reporter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2026 | fixed (in master) | Throwing damage not shown | nckmccnnll | |
| Description |
"I set the option to report the amount of damage my blows do to the monsters. If I throw something at a monster (i.e. 'v') instead of 'f'ire something, the game does not report the damage done by the thrown object." - bron |
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| #2025 | fixed (in master) | Inconsistent ID behaviour | nckmccnnll | |
| Description |
"I've noticed a problem with Rune ID: When I kill a monster, and it scatters stuff on the floor, the newly created stuff does *not* have their Runes identified e.g. when I 'l'ook at it, it just says "Leather armor". However, if I now save the game (cntrl-X) and restart, now the items are Rune identified (e.g. "Leather armor of Resistance"). This is also true when I drink a potion of Enlightenment: all the items on the level are made visible, but not ID'd, but if I save and restore, then all the items on the level are ID'd (even if they are not in line-of-sight). I don't know if this happens with artifacts too, or not. I'm assuming that the items are supposed to be ID'd immediately (and in particular, any squelched items should never even be seen in the first place), but regardless, the current inconsistent behavior is clearly wrong." - bron |
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| #2024 | fixed (in master) | Detection and mimics | nckmccnnll | |
| Description |
"When I cast "Detection", objects are shown as a red '*'. But a chest mimic is shown as a '~', revealing the fact that it is a monster, rather than an object. But if I 'l'ook at it, it is still described as a "chest" not as a "mimic". One could argue both ways about whether it should be revealed by the Detection or not, but the current behavior seems inconsistent: either the Detection should show it as a '*', or it should be identified as a mimic. " - bron |
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Query Language
query: TracLinks and the [[TicketQuery]] macro both use a mini “query language” for specifying query filters. Basically, the filters are separated by ampersands (&). Each filter then consists of the ticket field name, an operator, and one or more values. More than one value are separated by a pipe (|), meaning that the filter matches any of the values. To include a literal & or | in a value, escape the character with a backslash (\).
The available operators are:
| = | the field content exactly matches one of the values |
| ~= | the field content contains one or more of the values |
| ^= | the field content starts with one of the values |
| $= | the field content ends with one of the values |
All of these operators can also be negated:
| != | the field content matches none of the values |
| !~= | the field content does not contain any of the values |
| !^= | the field content does not start with any of the values |
| !$= | the field content does not end with any of the values |
The date fields created and modified can be constrained by using the = operator and specifying a value containing two dates separated by two dots (..). Either end of the date range can be left empty, meaning that the corresponding end of the range is open. The date parser understands a few natural date specifications like "3 weeks ago", "last month" and "now", as well as Bugzilla-style date specifications like "1d", "2w", "3m" or "4y" for 1 day, 2 weeks, 3 months and 4 years, respectively. Spaces in date specifications can be left out to avoid having to quote the query string.
| created=2007-01-01..2008-01-01 | query tickets created in 2007 |
| created=lastmonth..thismonth | query tickets created during the previous month |
| modified=1weekago.. | query tickets that have been modified in the last week |
| modified=..30daysago | query tickets that have been inactive for the last 30 days |
See also: TracTickets, TracReports, TracGuide
