Enable entry of a bug tracker link when releasing objects

You can configure IXIA CCMS so that users can specify the number of the bug that they are fixing when they release an object. You can specify the link to your bug tracking system in the textmlservercfg.properties configuration file.

About this task

Important: Make configuration changes in a test environment and confirm they work before copying them to a production environment.

When users release a topic related to a bug fix, you can configure it so that users can specify the bug number in the Tracker link field of the Check In dialog window.

The Tracker link field appears only if the tracker.url parameter is activated and a valid URL is configured per the following steps.

After topic release, the link to the bug is available in the Revision History, and users can click the bug number to open the bug in a browser.

Procedure

  1. In the TEXTML Administration perspective, connect to your server.
  2. Locate the textmlservercfg.properties file in the repository's /system/conf collection.
  3. Check out the file and open it for editing.
  4. Locate the following line: 
    #tracker.url=<URL_of_Tracking_system>%TRACKER.ID%
  5. To enable a tracker link, remove the # at the beginning of the line.
  6. Replace <URL_of_Tracking_system> with the actual URL to your bug tracking system.

    Get this information by viewing an existing bug in your tracking system. For example, if the URL to an actual bug is http://bugzilla-cms.acme.local/show_bug.cgi?/DEV-14595, then you would configure

    tracker.url=http://bugzilla-cms.acme.local/show_bug.cgi?/%TRACKER.ID%
  7. Save, close, and check in the file.
  8. Inform users of the changes.
    The changes are automatically applied once users close and then reopen their IXIA CCMS Desktop. Users can also apply the changes without restarting their CCMS Desktop by clicking IXIA CCMS > Synchronize Configuration.