Re: [jtrac-users] New development build 2.2.0-dev4 available

[Laurence G. <LG...@if...>]

Where does one go in sourceforge to obtain this version to try?
 
 
 
Regards,
 
    Laurence Gray
    Lead System Integration Test Analyst
    Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
    (515) 457-3749


>>> "Peter Thomas" <ptr...@gm...> 8/8/2008 12:10 PM >>>
Hi,

Lots of new stuff!  Some of these were available in the previous 2.2.0 series builds as well.
Import from Excel
Finally!  
A minor limitation for now is that you have to create and set up the target Space before-hand.  
But the UI allows you to clean the data and map drop-downs accurately.  
Someone was asking about migrating from BugZilla recently on this list so it would be great to get feedback on this front. 
Try preferably in a test-environment as this is still "beta" - but please do help test this !
Bookmarkable search results
Want to "save" a search?  Just bookmark the URL in the browser address bar just after you hit the "search" button
XML export
Link to export search results appears next to the "Excel export" link
XML output dumps *all* information about items
Should address any kind of extreme reporting needs 
Remote API 
Uses HTTP basic authentication (so please use SSL if using over the internet to be safe)
Read-only at the moment
Returns XML data
Should open up possibilities like automated clients that create create daily reports etc.
http://<myserver>/jtrac/api?method=item.get&refId=MYSPACE-123
gets a single item as XML where item-id is MYSPACE-123
http://myserver/jtrac/api?method=item.search.get 
this is the "base" URL to search for items 
the above URL "as-is" dumps all items for all spaces allocated to authenticated user
but you can append the very same bookmarkable search parameters (discussed above) to filter results 
Space-level Admin role introduced
Reserved name "ROLE_ADMIN"
can edit space
can edit items for space
can add users
can add / remove users to space 
cannot delete users
Now it is also possible for a user to have multiple (workflow) roles per space
Duplicate item-id problem should be solved
There have been a few isolated reports of duplicate item-id-s in the wild.  A lot of work has gone into tracking this down and we are confident that this version fixes this (very rare) problem once and for all. 
Please help test this so that we can iron out bugs and release the official version sooner!

Thanks,

Peter.


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