Check-in's "Update Bugs" Feature Question

hobie · Post by **hobie** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:10 am

Hi, all.

In Vault Server v3.0's "Update Bugs" feature
when checking in, there is only the option to
work with Dragnet or FogBugz. Is there any
way to tie in with another defect tracking app,
one that has XML Web Services for just that?
What about using the Vault API somehow?

Thanks!
hobie

Post by **jeremy_sg** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:28 am

Our dragnet integration is probably too complex to have another bug tracking system emulate. However, we've described what we do for FogBugz integration, and it would be possible to create a web page which emulates the interface that FogBugz provides. See this thread for more: http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?p=1844#1844

lbauer · Post by **lbauer** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:28 am

Right now, Vault only supports integration with Dragnet and FogBugz. Another user asked about using the Client API and there's a discussion in this forum post:

http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?t=581

hobie · Post by **hobie** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:58 am

Great, thanks!

So, if I have a handler at that URL, is Vault
done with the bug # (or whatever is
entered in "Update Bugs"'s entry field)?
IOW, is any of that panel's info stored
in the Vault database? If so, may we then
check out/get files against that bug #?

Thank you for the help,
hobie

Post by **jeremy_sg** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:12 am

-- Pointing the bug database to changes in Vault --

Because you are pretending to be FogBugz, you will be limited to what FogBugz can do. One of the things that FogBugz can do is build a link to the file in Vault using the Vault Web Client. The link looks like this:

http://VAULTSERVER/VaultService/VaultWe ... on=VERSION

You can build other VaultWeb URLs for your bug tracking app to use to link back into Vault.

-- Pointing Vault to bugs --

There is no special information stored in the Vault database to link a checkin to a particular bug number. Dragnet integration automatically puts the bug number in the Checkin comment. You can then use Vault's history query to search for comments with that bug id.