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Color Coding
The Color Coding page is used to set up rules for coloring the fields displayed in the
Main Menu table. The "Field" dropdown is used to select a field to add color codes to.
After a field is selected, the "Input Color Codes" form is displayed (see below). Here,
different values are entered, along with a background color (and/or other CSS options). When values in the
main menu table match the rules set up here, the corresponding table cells are rendered
with the desired color. Once a rule is added, it appears in the "Existing Color Codes" list. From here,
color codes can be reordered, edited, or deleted. The field will now appear in the "Fields with existing
color codes" dropdown (for quicker access).
For an example, look at the screenshot below
of a system using various color codes. Individual users are given an option in their profile that
allows then to enable or disable color coding.
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The color codes shown in the screenshot are explained below:
In the Bug Id column, the top three cells are colored silver are given a black outline. This
is achieved with a color code where Bug ID is greater than "ROBOT-001".
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In the Subject column, cells containing the word "test" are colored grey, and cells containing
the word "sales" are colored lime green. Note that issues containing both "test" as well as "sales" in the subject will be colored grey, because
the "test" rule is placed above the "sales" rule, giving it priority.
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In the Status column, "Ready For Retest" and "Rejected" cells are colored, and are given a two
pixel wide border. Also, "Closed" cells are colored silver.
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In the Priority column, the severity of the issue corresponds to a change in hue from red to yellow.
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For the Assigned To column, two color codes rules have been set up. If an issue is assigned to a user
in the same group as the current user, it is colored teal with aqua text and border. If the issue is
assigned to the current user, another rule gives the cell the same coloring, except with bold, yellow
text. (Note that the CURRENT_USER rule is placed above the CURRENT_GROUP rule to give it priority).
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In the Date Modified column, issues that have been modified on the current date (Sept 14th) are given
a green background color.
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Lastly, in the Requested Due Date column, issues that are due "today" or "yesterday" are colored with
a red background, white, bold text, and an orange border. As well, they are set to take up the whole row
of the main menu.
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Other Color Coding functionality:
When creating a color code there is a "Priority" option. Entering 0 gives the color code the lowest
possible priorty. A color code with higher priority will replace a color code with a lower
priority. For example, say you have two color codes in your system: one that makes the
background color red if the issue is Assigned To "John Doe" and colors the whole row, and the other
makes the background color green if an issue's Status is "Open". View 'Screenshot 1' below to see what
the main menu would look like if the first color code is given higher priority. Then, view Screenshot 2
to see what it would look like if the second color code is given higher priority.
Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2
There is also a "Highlight Fields" selection box, which contains all visible fields in the system.
Whichever field the color code is being created for is selected by default, but by selecting more
fields you can have the color code applied to other fields as well. For example, say we create a
color code for Status that sets the background color to green if the issue's status is "Ready For Retest", but
then we select "Subject" in the Highlight Fields selection box.
View the screenshot below to see the results.
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