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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here for screenshot
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. Click here
for screenshot.
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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