Managing Defect Tracking Sources

To add a defect tracking source:

1. Click New. The Add Defect Tracking Source dialog is displayed.
2. Enter a descriptive alias in the Name field, and choose the type of defect tracker from the drop-down Type list.
3. Enter the required server connection information (see Defect Tracking Source Details below). Your plugin might support additional settings that are specific to your defect tracker. To edit any such settings, click Edit Attributes... (details)
4. Click Check connection and retrieve fields. If you have correctly specified connection settings, the dialog displays a success message in the Server status field. If a connection error is displayed, correct your entries and click Check connection and retrieve fields. P4DTG retrieves and displays reference field information.
5. Choose the defect tracker project from the Project drop-down list. The associated reference fields are displayed
6. Click OK to save your entries and dismiss the dialog.

Defect Tracking Source Details

• Name: an alias for the source and its associated information.
• Server: the information required by the defect tracker for client connections. The format is determined by the defect tracker.
• User Name: the user name to be used to connect to the defect tracking server when replicated data is read or written.
• Password: password for the specified user, if required.
• Project: the defect tracker project that you want to replicate.
• Reference fields: the essential fields that are required to keep Perforce and the defect tracker synchronized. The reference fields are:
• Modified Date field: the date that the issue was last changed.
• Modified By field: the user that last changed the issue.

To edit a defect tracking source: click the source in the Defect tracking sources list, then click Edit.

To delete a defect tracking source: click the source in the Defect tracking sources list, then click Delete. The source is marked for deletion, and is displayed in bold in the Defect tracking sources list. To delete the source permanently, click Apply or Save. To undelete, click the marked source, then click Undelete.

To configure filtering of selected defects to replicate them to differing defect trackers or SCM systems, define segments.