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mantisbt-plugins / LinkedCustomFields

MantisBT plugin allowing custom fields to be linked, creating linked drop-downs
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Linked Custom Fields plugin for MantisBT

Copyright (c) 2011 Robert Munteanu - robert@lmn.ro
Copyright (c) 2018, 2022 Damien Regad

Released under the GNU General Public License version 2

See the Changelog.

Description

The LinkedCustomFields plugin allows you to link values between two custom fields, creating linked drop-downs.

Requirements

The plugin requires MantisBT version 2.3 or higher.

If you need compatibility with older releases of MantisBT, please use legacy versions of the plugin, as per table below:

MantisBT version Plugin version
1.3 Not supported
1.2 1.0.1

Installation

  1. Download or clone a copy of the plugin's code.
  2. Copy the plugin (the LinkedCustomFields/ directory) into your Mantis installation's plugins/ directory, or create a link to it.
  3. While logged into your Mantis installation as an administrator, go to Manage -> Manage Plugins.
  4. In the Available Plugins list, you'll find the LinkedCustomFields plugin; click the Install link.

Usage

Configuring Linked Custom Fields

The plugin's configuration page is accessed from the Manage menu, where a new item named Configure custom field links is present.

Access to this page is restricted to users having the manage_custom_fields_threshold (standard MantisBT config option, defaulting to ADMINISTRATOR).

Note: the plugin only supports ENUMERATION and MULTI_SELECT custom field types.

Screenshot of LinkedCustomFields plugin's Configure custom field links page

  1. Pick one of the fields in list, then click Edit.
  2. In the Configure custom field links section, select the target field in the Linked to list.
  3. In the Mapping section, each value from the source field can be associated to any number of values from the target field.
    Note: Selecting no values means that they are all valid.

Screenshot of LinkedCustomFields plugin's Configure custom field links edit page

Using Linked Custom Fields

When editing an issue in a project where the linked custom fields are available, once a value from the source custom field has been selected, only the configured corresponding values will be available from the target custom field.

Screenshot of editing an issue with linked custom fields

Support

The following support channels are available if you wish to file a bug report, or have questions related to use and installation:

The legacy issue tracker hosted in the Plugin - LinkedCustomFields project on Mantis Bug Tracker remains available in read-only mode, for historical purposes.