How do I populate a custom field

Added by Christopher Jackson about 10 years ago

Hello. I would like some help with the following problem.

I have created a custom field in the " Project -> Settings " screen called Account Number.
The projects Account Number is entered in this box on the accounts settings page.

I need the Account Number field to appear on the " Projects -> View all issues " report screen AND populate the Account Number with the number value that was entered in on the Projects -> Settings page.

This will allow me to export ALL my months work on various projects ( all who have different Account Numbers ) and import it into our accounting software.

I have attached 4 images ( Step1/2/3/4 )
FYI the result I am looking for is on Step4 ( As you can seen the Account Number is currently blank ) I want this number automatically populated from the Project -> Settings page ( As per Image5 )

I am currently using bitnami Redmine 2.4.2 on Linux

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RE: How do I populate a custom field - Added by James H about 10 years ago

What's the issue?
You can't get it to show "Account Number" in the "view all issues" or you cant get the number to populate?

Administration > Settings > Issue Tracking

"Default columns displayed on the issue list"
"Available columns" => "Selected Columns"
done?

RE: How do I populate a custom field - Added by Christopher Jackson about 10 years ago

My issue is that I cannot get the Account Number to populate the value ( AKA the Account Number entered in on the Project setting screen )

I want to enter the Account Number for each individual project once and then have that account number displayed on the "view all issues" report on all fields for that specific project.

I have uploaded an image called viewallissues. That is look I am able to get BUT I am not able to populate the Account Number field from the Project setting screen.

Screen Shot 2014-02-06 at 8.24.46 AM.png (46 KB) Screen Shot 2014-02-06 at 8.24.46 AM.png

viewallissues

RE: How do I populate a custom field - Added by James H about 10 years ago

oh.
so you mean
you need your issues to inherit the data from the custom field: "Account Number" from the project the issue is associated with?

RE: How do I populate a custom field - Added by Christopher Jackson about 10 years ago

That is correct.

I want to be able to set an Account Number for Project "ADBS" as per Step5.png
In the account number field I will enter "APP001"

Now at the end of the month I go to Projects -> View All Issues and I want the list/report to display all issues relating to ADBS to have a field of Account Number with the value of APP001 entered into it.

Thanks!

RE: How do I populate a custom field - Added by James H about 10 years ago

Yea I am having that same issue.
I have fields (whether a custom field or not) that need to inherit the data from its parent project.

The only solution I see is to re-program redmine to have this behavior, find and use a plugin that enables this behavior, or (my current solution) use the database backend's features to implement this type of behavior.
I do not know ruby well enough to re-program redmine and I have not found any plugins (but I haven't really tried looking that hard either).

I believe people have asked for this "feature" before? You may want to search for it and/or add it as a feature request.

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