Create custom tracker fields

To track data that is not captured by the default set of fields, create new fields that fit your project's purposes.

You can create the following user-defined fields in each tracker:
CAUTION:
Creating a large number of multiple select and user fields may hurt CollabNet TeamForge performance.
  1. Click Project Admin in the project navigation bar.
  2. Click Tracker Settings.
  3. From the list of existing trackers, click the tracker to which you want to add a user-defined field.
  4. On the Tracker Fields page, click Add.
  5. On the Create Field page, provide a name for the field.
  6. Choose a display type from the Input Type menu.
    • Text Entry - Allows the submitter to enter a body of text.
    • Single Select - Allows the submitter to select a value from a drop-down list.
    • Multiple Select - Allows the submitter to select one or more values from a drop-down list.
    • Date - Allows the submitter to select a date from a calendar.
    • User - Allows the submitter to select another CollabNet TeamForge user.
    The remaining fields that appear depend on your selection.
  7. Decide whether the field is required.
    • If users must fill in this field, select Required. Required fields automatically appear on the Submit Artifact page.
      Note: If you make the field required, you must specify a default value. This value is applied to existing artifacts and artifacts that are moved from another tracker.
      • If you make a User field required, specify one or more default users.
      • If you make a Date field required, the default is "today."
    • For optional fields, select or clear Display on Submit. This defines whether the field will appear on the Submit Artifact page.
  8. To prevent the field from being used at all, select Disabled. By default, new fields are enabled.
  9. Configure the shape of the field with the Field Width and Field Height fields.
  10. If this is a Text Entry field, click Save Field. The new field is created.
  11. If this is a Single Select or Multiple Select display type, click Add in the Values section of the Create Field page to add more values for the user to choose from.
  12. Keep adding fields until you have the list of options you want, then click Save Field.