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Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of TracReports


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Timestamp:
Oct 31, 2005, 2:36:00 PM (18 years ago)
Author:
Christopher Lenz
Comment:

Note about reports being phased out

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  • TracReports

    v19 v20  
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    77Rather than have its own report definition format, TracReports relies on standard SQL
    8 SELECT statements for custom report definition.
     8`SELECT` statements for custom report definition.
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     10  '''Note:''' ''The report module is being phased out in its current form because it seriously limits the ability of the Trac team to make adjustments to the underlying database schema. We believe that the [wiki:TracQuery query module] is a good replacement that provides more flexibility and better usability. While there are certain reports that cannot yet be handled by the query module, we intend to further enhance it so that at some point the reports module can be completely removed. This also means that there will be no major enhancements to the report module anymore.''
     11
     12  ''You can already completely replace the reports module by the query module simply be disabling the former in [wiki:TracIni trac.ini]:''
     13  {{{
     14  [components]
     15  trac.ticket.report.* = disabled
     16  }}}
     17  ''This will make the query module the default handler for the “View Tickets” navigation item. We encourage you to try this configuration and report back what kind of features of reports you are missing, if any.''
    918
    1019A report consists of these basic parts:
    11  * ID -- Unique (sequential) identifier
    12  * Title  -- Descriptive title
    13  * Description  -- A brief description of the report, in WikiFormatting text.
    14  * Report Body -- List of results from report query, formatted according to the methods described below.
    15  * Footer -- Links to alternative download formats for this report.
    16 
     20 * '''ID''' -- Unique (sequential) identifier
     21 * '''Title'''  -- Descriptive title
     22 * '''Description'''  -- A brief description of the report, in WikiFormatting text.
     23 * '''Report Body''' -- List of results from report query, formatted according to the methods described below.
     24 * '''Footer''' -- Links to alternative download formats for this report.
    1725
    1826== Changing Sort Order ==
     
    3846
    3947----
     48
    4049== Creating Custom Reports ==
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