About User Defined Fields

Information

User Defined Fields (or UDFs) are custom fields that can be added to Issuetrak by Administrators to allow additional information to be provided in:

  • Issues
  • Organization records
  • User records
  • Products/Services records in the Billing Module (if licensed)

If you are an Administrator in Issuetrak, you can find the menu to edit UDFs by navigating to the gear icon in the upper right corner and then choosing User Defined Fields along the lefthand side. This menu has three sub-menu options corresponding to where they will appear in Issuetrak: Issue, Organization, and User.

 

Issue UDFs

The Issue Fields screen allows User Defined values to be specified as types:

UDF Type Description
Text Text UDFs can contain free-form text up to a limit of 250 characters.
Large Text Large Text UDFs can contain free-form text up to a limit of 7800 characters.
List List UDFs are a form of table-driven fields that can contain entries with up to 50 characters each.
Date Date UDFs simply allow users to set a date from a calendar.
Decimal Decimal UDFs allow users to enter a decimal value from -2147483647.99 to 2147483646.99.  A secondary limitation is that this field is limited to 250 characters.
Integer Integer UDFs allow users to enter an integer value from -2147483648 to 2147483647.
Yes/No Yes/No UDFs allow users to set the field to Yes or No.
Hyperlink Hyperlink UDFs allow users to enter a hyperlink into the field, up to a limit of 250 characters.
Issue Association Issue Association UDFs allow users to link other issues that are related to the issue they are currently working on.

Once created, any fields will be available to be included on any custom screen. Fields are automatically included on the Issuetrak Screen but must be manually included on any other created screens. Only users with the Can view and enter content in Private Optional Fields permission will be able to view and maintain fields with Private selected.

Additionally, the selections and content from these fields are copied over to new issues when:

  • Cloning issues
  • Using Quick Picks
  • Recurring Issues are configured to use specific values or Quick Picks
  • Submitting multiple new issues via Global Issues
  • IEM is configured to use Quick Picks that contain user-defined fields with values pre-selected

Issue Association

Issue Association UDFs are displayed in either single or dual columns, depending on the information relevant to the current issue. 

  1. The first column is entitled "Associated Issues", and it can display either None or a list of issues that have been added to the current issue from the Edit Issue screen.  The issues listed here have been linked from the current issue.  
  2. The second column is entitled "Listed On", and it will only display if there is relevant data.  When this column is displayed, it shows a list of issues that the current issue has been associated with.  The issues listed here have linked the current issue from the issues listed. 

Some additional information about Issue Association UDFs:

  • Users require "Can Edit Issues" permission in order to add or remove issues to associate with this field.
  • Issues linked in this field will open in a new browser tab.
  • This field is reportable in Report Writer via the following columns in all Issue data sets:
    • [UDF Display Name] Associated With Number
    • [UDF Display Name] Associated With (All)
    • [UDF Display Name] Listed On Number
    • [UDF Display Name] Listed On (All)

Adding Issue UDF
Steps
  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined Fields > Issue Fields.
  2. Click Add New UDF button and then select the type of field from the dropdown list.

  1. Give the field a name in the Display Name field and check the Private box if necessary.
  2. (Optional) For Text, Decimal, and Integer fields, define how wide you want the box to appear on the screen. Sizes range from Tiny – 75px to 5XL – 700px. If not adjusted, the default of XL – 300px will apply.
  3. (Optional) You may set a Tooltip to appear when hovering over the field.
  4. Click Add UDF, and the popup window will disappear and your field will appear on the list, organized by type.
  5. For any List (Table Driven) fields, the values to appear in the drop-down selection list need to be defined. Click on edit by the appropriate field and for the List Data section, click + add new and enter the Display Name and Display Order for each dropdown value. Click Add Item to save the value.

  1. Continue to add additional values by clicking add new and once all values are defined, click Update.
Editing Issue UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined Fields > Issue Fields.
  2. Find the UDF that needs to be changed and click the corresponding edit link next to it.
  3. Make the desired adjustments.
  4. When finished, click Update. 

Deleting Issue UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined Fields > Issue Fields.
  2. Find the UDF that needs to be deleted and click the corresponding del link next to it.
  3. Click OK on the warning pop-up to confirm that you wish to delete this UDF. 

 

Organization UDFs

Organization UDFs are fields that will appear on all Organization records in your Issuetrak site. These fields appear in your Organization records based on their activation by a System Administrator(s). Once activated, corresponding values for these fields can be maintained by users with Can access and maintain Administration functions from Organizations > User Defined Fields. The custom fields configured on the User Defined Fields – Organization Record screen will display on all organization records.

Activating Organization UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined > Organization.
  2. Select and enter a Label for each field.
  • Table Driven fields are fields with the Administrator defined selectable values. Once activated, a User Defined menu option will appear in the Organization menu. From this menu, the corresponding tables can be populated with appropriate values.

  • Text Fields are fields with no pre-determined values. These fields will appear as free fields in Organization records. 
  • Date Fields will require a date value that can be entered or selected from a popup calendar in an Organization record.
  1. Click Update.

A confirmation message will appear when this process is complete.

Editing Organization UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined > Organization.
  2. Find the UDF that you wish to change, then make the desired changes.
  3. Once the changes are complete, click Update. 

Inactivating Organization UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined > Organization.
  2. Find the corresponding UDF that you wish to inactivate, then uncheck its checkbox.
  3. Click Update.

 

User Record UDFs

The custom fields configured on the User Fields screen will display on all user records. There are pre-programmed fields for user ID, password, first and last name, phone, email, pager email, mailing address, and time zone. You may define additional information needed on user records (as well as issue and organization records) following the steps outlined below. However, there is a limit to how many of these fields you can create in each format.

Activating User UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined > User.
  2. Select and enter a Label for each field.
  • Table-driven – selected from a drop-down list.  Once activated, a User Defined menu option will appear in the User menu. From this menu, the corresponding tables can be populated with appropriate values.

  • Text-based – entered freely
  • Date-based – entered in date format or selected from the calendar search
  1. Click Update.

A confirmation message will appear when this process is complete.

Editing User UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined > User.
  2. Find and edit the UDF you want to change.
  3. Click Update once the changes are complete.

Inactivating User UDF

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > System > System Settings > User Defined > User.
  2. Find the UDF you want to inactivate, then uncheck its corresponding checkbox.
  3. Click Update.

A confirmation message will appear when this process is complete.

 

Asset Management Module UDFs

The Asset Management module provides two possible UDF types for Asset Types: Text fields and Table-driven fields. These fields can be used to store any kind of information about the asset type you add them to. It isn't necessary to activate Asset Management UDFs. Once you've created UDFs for an Asset Type, the UDFs are available for use with each asset matching that Asset Type. You may choose whether or not to populate the UDFs when you fill the information in.

Adding Asset Management UDFs

Steps

  1. Navigate to Modules > Asset Management > Asset Tables > Asset Types.
  2. Find the Asset Type that you want to add UDFs to, then click its corresponding edit link.
  3. For each UDF you want to add, click Add next to the corresponding type.
  4. Fill in the name of the UDF.
  5. Click Save.
Editing Asset Management UDFs

Steps

  1. Navigate to Modules > Asset Management > Asset Tables > Asset Types.
  2. Find the Asset Type that you want to edit UDFs for, then click its corresponding edit link.
  3. For each UDF you want to edit, click edit next to the corresponding UDF.
  4. Make the desired changes.
  5. Click Save.
Deleting Asset Management UDFs

Steps

  1. Navigate to Modules > Asset Management > Asset Tables > Asset Types.
  2. Find the Asset Type that you want to delete UDFs for, then click its corresponding edit link.
  3. For each UDF you want to delete, click del next to the corresponding UDF.
  4. Click OK to confirm you want to delete the UDF.
 

Billing Module UDFs

Customers that utilize the Billing Module have the option of creating UDFs for Products and Services. This requires Administrative privileges. In order to find and maintain these UDFs, navigate to Modules > Billing along Issuetrak's top navigation bar, click Products/Services along the lefthand side, then choose User Defined Fields.

Three UDFs can be defined for the Billing Module, and they are all Text UDFs. These cannot be changed to Date or Table-driven UDFs.

Activating Billing Module UDFs

Steps

  1. Navigate to Modules > Billing > Products and Services > User Defined Fields.
  2. A field may be activated by entering a label into it.
  3. Click Update.
Editing Billing Module UDFs

Steps

  1. Navigate to Modules > Billing > Products and Services > User Defined Fields.
  2. Edit the desired field label.
  3. Click Update.

Deactivating Billing Module UDFs

Deactivated fields will be removed from the Products/Services screen.

Steps

  1. Navigate to Modules > Billing > Products and Services > User Defined Fields.
  2. Deactivate a field by removing its label.
  3. Click Update.
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