[rt-users] custom fields best practices

Jerrad Pierce jpierce at cambridgeenergyalliance.org
Wed Dec 9 15:18:52 EST 2009


>global
Globals are not a type unto themselves, but a scope for the other types.
This seems most useful for tickets where you want a CF to be available
for most if not all of your queues (and if not all, it's presence is not
a problem in the others) e.g; a Tags field.

The ticket and transaction CFs can be queue-specific or global.

>queues
No idea.

>ticket
Non-transaction information e.g; custom status, reference ID for an
external system (Nagios, purchase order)

>transactions
Track your staff's stress on a per interaction basis, or stash some value
for a scrip to operate on, etc.

>users
Say you want to store a fax number as well as the already supported
pager number, or the person's birthday, SSN (shame on you), etc.



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