Item Tracking Fields

Fortress is installed with default values for certain drop down lists that appear in the Add and Modify Work Item pages and Query Items pages. Those fields are:

Type
Status
Priority
Platform
Time Estimate

The available values for these fields can be added, modified or deleted. (If the value is used in other parts of the system or is used as a default value, then the value can be modified but not deleted).

There are also two custom field labels that can be configured from this page.

Database Fields

Every project that is created will use the database field values configured here for Type, Status, Priority, Time Estimate and Platform.

Adding a Value

To add a new database field value, enter the new value in the text box located at the top of the associated database field table then click Add. The new value will appear in the associated table.

Modifying a Value

To modify a database field value, click the Modify icon associated with the value you wish to modify. A text field, an update link and a cancel link will be displayed in the table row for that value. Make the change then click the Update link.

Deleting a Value

To delete a database field value, click the Delete icon associated with the value you wish to delete. You will be asked to confirm the deletion.

Default Values

The following table contains the default values of the database fields. The highlighted values are used by the system and can be modified but not deleted.

Field	Description	Default Values
Type	An item sub-category that helps define an item	Bug, Feature, Task, Discussion
Status	A value that describes the status or state of an item	Unconfirmed, Open, Completed, Verified, Invalid, Disregard, Duplicate
Priority	A value that represents the importance of an item	Unknown, Low, Medium, High, Urgent
Platform	The operating system that the issue pertains to	Unknown, Windows, Unix, Mac
Time Remaining	The estimated time for an items completion	Unknown, One Hour, Two Hours, Four Hours, One Day, Two Days, One Week, Two Weeks, One Month

Status field definitions include a "Status Type" setting. This allows you to label statuses Open, Pending and Closed. This is especially helpful when viewing search results, bug-in-progress lists, etc. For example, you can define many variations of "open issue" status (Researching, In Progress, etc.) and still have them all show up in "Open" or "My Open" searches.

Time Estimate fields let you define shorthand names for commonly-used time durations. For example, by default "One week" in Fortress is defined as 40 hours. To add new time estimate options, enter a description in the text box next to "Time Estimate", then a number of hours in the "Hours" box, and click "Add".

Custom Fields

The Custom Fields section allows you to name extra fields that can be displayed on the Add and Modify Item forms and Query forms.

Click the icon next to a custom field's definition to edit that field.

Enter the custom field label in the textbox. If you want the custom field displayed on the External Add page, check the checkbox in the Show for External Add column. If you want this field to be a required for the external page check the checkbox in the Required for External column. Click Update to make the changes. Click Cancel to cancel the modification.