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Custom Fields

Custom Fields allow you to create any field types that you may need. These fields appear immediately after the default fields and just before the Description.

Fast BugTrack currently supports the following custom fields:

String :

Text area : a multi-line text area. (Ex: Description)

List :

When creating a list datatype, enter values for the list into the text area beside the list label. Each line will be an item within the list.
List Alphabetically allows you to order list options in alphabetical order

Number :

Decimal Places controls the accuracy desired.
Cumulative allows you to enter individual entries (displayed in history entries) and have the cumulative total shown in the Details section.

Date :

You can control the display and input format using the sDateFormat and sDateFormatInput configurable strings.
Format:

Letter Date or Time Component Examples
G Era designator AD
y Year 1996; 96
M Month in year July; Jul; 07
w Week in year 27
W Week in month 2
D Day in year 189
d Day in month 10
F Day of week in month 2
E Day in week Tuesday; Tue
a Am/pm marker PM
H Hour in day (0-23) 0
k Hour in day (1-24) 24
K Hour in am/pm (0-11) 0
h Hour in am/pm (1-12) 12
m Minute in hour 30
s Second in minute 55
S Millisecond 978
z Time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
Z Time zone -0800

Examples

The following examples show how date and time patterns are interpreted in the U.S. locale. The given date and time are 2001-07-04 12:08:56 local time in the U.S. Pacific Time time zone.

Date and Time Pattern Result
"yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z" 2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT
"EEE, MMM d, ''yy" Wed, Jul 4, '01
"h:mm a" 12:08 PM
"hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz" 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time
"K:mm a, z" 0:08 PM, PDT
"yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa" 02001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM
"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z" Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700
"yyMMddHHmmssZ" 010704120856-0700

When custom fields are created, they are added to the Details section of the entry screens between the default fields, and the description textarea. The fields are laid out in pairs (left/right column), using the order configured on the "Fields" page.

Field History Checkbox - Fields values may be kept historically if required, by selecting this checkbox. This means that the field will be located in the History Trail, rather than the Details section. Bottom of Form