Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of DynamicVariablesPlugin

Timestamp:

May 13, 2017, 5:43:40 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Ryan J Ollos

Comment:

Deprecated.

DynamicVariablesPlugin

@@ -2 +2 @@
 
 = Default and convert report dynamic variables to dropdowns
+
+{{{#!box warn
+**Notice:** This plugin is deprecated in Trac 1.3.2 and later, which provides equivalent features:
+* Dynamic variables are autocompleted //(Since 1.3.2)// ([trac:#12230])
+* Default values for dynamic variables can be defined in SQL comments //(Since 1.3.1)// ([trac:#11837])
+}}}
 
 == Description
@@ -56 +62 @@
 == Installation and Configuration
 
- 1. Install the plugin, after downloading and unzipping:
- {{{#!sh
-cd dynamicvariablesplugin/0.12
-sudo python setup.py bdist_egg
-sudo cp dist/TracDynamicVariables*.egg /your/trac/location/plugins/
-}}}
-
- See [t:TracPlugins TracPlugins] for more installation details and options. You will likely need to restart Trac's web server after installation.
-
- 2. Enable the plugin in your `trac.ini` file:
+1. See [t:TracPlugins TracPlugins] for installation details and options. Enable the plugin through the //Plugins// admin page, or in your `trac.ini` file:
  {{{#!ini
 [components]
 dynvars.* = enabled
 }}}
-
- You can alternatively use the Trac Web Admin GUI to enable any or all rules.
-
- 3. (Optional) Set a {{{[dynvars]}}} section of field names with explicit option values:
+1. (Optional) Set a {{{[dynvars]}}} section of field names with explicit option values:
  {{{#!ini
 [dynvars]
 daysback.options = 7|30
 }}}
-
  In the above example, {{{daysback}}} is not a custom ticket field, but can set a {{{DAYSBACK}}} dynamic variable via a dropdown list with the specified options. A {{{[dynvars]}}} section is not needed to configure dynamic variables that exactly match built-in or custom field names as shown in the screenshots below.
-
- 4. Create/modify reports so that the names used for dynamic variables exactly match the names of the select field that it corresponds to. See an example below.
+1. Create/modify reports so that the names used for dynamic variables match the names of the select field that it corresponds to.
 
 == Recent Changes