[rt-users] Time Worked Report

[Kenneth Crocker]

Walid,

Well, *Wherever* you have the .../Tools/Report/... you will need a
.../local/Tools/Report/ version to put "TimeWorkedReport".

Kenn
LBNL

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Walid Haider <walid.haider at movensis.com>wrote:

>  Hi Johan,
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> No, I do not. Should I go ahead and create it  and then follow Kenn’s
> instructions?
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> Regards,
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> Walid
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> *From:* rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com [mailto:
> rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] *On Behalf Of *Johan Sjöberg
> *Sent:* terça-feira, 29 de Março de 2011 14:56
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> *To:* rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> *Subject:* Re: [rt-users] Time Worked Report
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> Do you have a /usr/local/rt3?
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> /Johan
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> *From:* rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com [mailto:
> rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] *On Behalf Of *Walid Haider
> *Sent:* den 29 mars 2011 15:20
> *To:* Kenneth Crocker; rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> *Subject:* Re: [rt-users] Time Worked Report
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> Kenn,
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> Again, thanks for the reply. As I ran a packaged install of RT 3.8.4, my
> $home is /usr/share/rt3. My folder structure is different compared to what
> you mention below, as I do not have a share directory within my RT $home.
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> Please advise if I should create the *local*  directory  within
> /usr/share/rt3.
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> Thanks,
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> Walid
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> *From:* rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com [mailto:
> rt-users-bounces at lists.bestpractical.com] *On Behalf Of *Kenneth Crocker
> *Sent:* segunda-feira, 28 de Março de 2011 17:33
> *To:* rt-users at lists.bestpractical.com
> *Subject:* Re: [rt-users] Time Worked Report
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> Walid,
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> What I mean is this; it is *highly recommended* that any changes you make
> to RT code be done in a *"local"* version. RT will automatically look to
> $Home/*local/*.../.../ (where $home is usually opt/rt3/) for *any override
> code* that an installation may have developed. In this example
> (TimeWorkedReport), I copied the various /$home*/share/*.../...
> directories & files listed in the "readme' for that report into a /$home/*
> local/*.../... *version/copy* of those *directoryies & files*. I did *NOT*make any changes to any
> */share/ version* of RT code. This is recommended for a couple reasons;
> the least of which it is *easier to maintain later versions* of RT without
> wiping out your local code (provided you keep a copy of that code). Also,
> industry wide for about the last 40 years, it has been considered a *best
> practice* to *never* mess with original code, but to provide a method that
> allows you to use other code instead.
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> So, my advice is to first; return all /share/ code to it's original state.
> Then create $home*/local/*html/Tools/Reports directories in order to
> copy/create the files mentioned in the "TimeWorkedReport" documentation.
> That's what I did:
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> 1) If it exists,type *“/opt/rt3/local/html/Elements/” <enter>* otherwise,
> create it.
> 2) Copy the *“delivered”* file (from .../share/...) *SelectQueue* over to
> this directory with a the new name.
>     A) Type *“cp /opt/rt3/share/html/Elements/SelectQueue
> SelectMultiQueue” <enter>*.
> 3) Replace the code in *“SelectMultiQueue”* with the code specified for
> this file from the document the *“TimeWorkedReport".*
> 4) If it exists, type *“/opt/rt3/local/html/Tools/” <enter>*, otherwise,
> create it.
> 5) Create new directories:
>     A) Create *“Reports”* directory within *“Tools”
>     *B) Get into *“Reports*” directory.
>     C) Create *“Elements”* directory within *“Tools/Reports”*
> 6) Copy the *“delivered”* files (from .../share/...) (*Tabs, index.html*)
> over to the new directories:
>     A) Copy the *“Tabs”* file over to *“Tools/Reports/Elements”*:
>         1) Within *“Elements”,* type *“cp
> /opt/rt3/share/html/Tools/Reports/Elements/Tabs .” <enter>*.
>         2) Go back 1 directory level to get to *“/Tools/Reports”*.
>         3) Copy the *“index.html”* file over to *“Tools/Reports” twice:*
>             a) Within *“Tools/Reports”,* type *“cp
> /opt/rt3/share/html/Tools/index.html .” <enter>*.
>             b) Within *“Tools/Reports”,* type *“cp
> /opt/rt3/share/html/Tools/index.html TimeWorkedReport.html” <enter>*.
> 7) Modify/Replace the code in *“Tabs”, “index.html” &  “TimeWorkedReport”
> *with the code specified for these files from the document the *“Time
> Worked Report”*.
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> Anyway, This is the procedure I followed and I had absolutely no problems
> AND I didn't have to worry about Production being messed up.
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> Also, I'm in 3.8.7 so I made sure to follow the 3.8 instructions.
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> Hope this helps.
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> Kenn
> LBNL
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