Trac Ticket Queries

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:

Active tickets against 1.0

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:

Assigned tickets by owner

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 1817)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 →

Ticket	Resolution	Summary	Owner	Reporter
#2128	fixed (in master)	Weapons display damage for temporary brands etc?		nckmccnnll
#2126	fixed (in master)	Pack overflow on stealing an ignored item		nckmccnnll
#2125	fixed (in master)	SDL2 port crashes if you open an 8th window		nckmccnnll

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 →

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 1817)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 →

Ticket	Resolution	Summary	Owner	Reporter
#2128	fixed (in master)	Weapons display damage for temporary brands etc?		nckmccnnll
Description	Needs some thought
#2126	fixed (in master)	Pack overflow on stealing an ignored item		nckmccnnll
Description	See 1 in ​http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?p=138882#post138882
#2125	fixed (in master)	SDL2 port crashes if you open an 8th window		nckmccnnll
Description	Pretty much it

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 →

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

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See also: TracTickets, TracReports, TracGuide