[Trac-tickets] Re: [The Trac Project] #533: Support for custom reports

[The Trac Project]

#533: Support for custom reports
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       Id:  533            |      Status:  new                     
Component:  report system  |    Modified:  Wed Mar  2 18:30:58 2005
 Severity:  enhancement    |   Milestone:  2.0                     
 Priority:  normal         |     Version:  none                    
    Owner:  daniel         |    Reporter:  bsoudan                 
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Changes (by cmlenz):

  * severity:  normal => enhancement

Old description:

> Provide a method to support reports generated by Python code rather than
> just SQL.  This would allow developers to write custom reports that pull
> data from other sources (e.g. the Subversion repository, site-specific
> databases, etc.) but still take advantage of the reporting framework.
> (e.g. sorting by clicking on column header, color coding, etc.)
>
> Ideas as far as integrating this feature into Trac:
>
> 1) Re-rename 'View Tickets' back to 'Reports'? :)
>
> 2) Add a new module specifically for custom reports.
>
> 3) Only provide interface, coders should use framework to code new
> modules (e.g. each custom report would be its own module).  This may work
> --
>
> 4) Aren't the Timeline and Searching features just custom reports?
>
> 5) Provide reports/ directory in trac environment for custom reports,
> scan this directory to provide listing.

New description:

 Provide a method to support reports generated by Python code rather than
 just SQL.  This would allow developers to write custom reports that pull
 data from other sources (e.g. the Subversion repository, site-specific
 databases, etc.) but still take advantage of the reporting framework.
 (e.g. sorting by clicking on column header, color coding, etc.)

 Ideas as far as integrating this feature into Trac:

 1) Re-rename 'View Tickets' back to 'Reports'? :)

 2) Add a new module specifically for custom reports.

 3) Only provide interface, coders should use framework to code new modules
 (e.g. each custom report would be its own module).  This may work --

 4) Aren't the Timeline and Searching features just custom reports?

 5) Provide reports/ directory in trac environment for custom reports, scan
 this directory to provide listing.

Comment:

 I think you'd just write a plugin when we have TracPluggableModules.

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