OCTO:Open Core for Technology Orchestration/TDOMS/Tracker/Issue Actions

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Issue Actions

Several actions are available on an issue:


Open in Browser

Clicking the title of the issue will direct to the URL of the issue on the external management system server e.g. view a JIRA issue in JIRA. If OCTO is running on the web then another tab will be opened while the default browser will be used when it runs in VSCode.


Link Task

In order to link an issue to an existing TD/OMS task, the Octo tracker plugin ellipsisIcon.png button to the left of the issue has to be clicked to open the context menu. Select Octo tracker plugin linkTaskIcon.png Link Task. This will open the wizard to select the TD/OMS task(s) to link the issue to.


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Here one or more tasks can be selected to link the issue to. The layout is exactly the same as in work management. Once finish is pressed, the work management and item editor plugins will refresh the tasks affected (if visible) and in a similar way the tracker plugin will refresh the issue as well.

If a task in the work management and item editor plugins has a link to an external issue management system then it will have this Octo tracker plugin linksIcon.png decoration icon next to it. Hovering over it, it will display the number of issues that the task is linked to. Clicking it will redirect to the Links tab in the item editor that shows the details of the issues.


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Similarly, if an issue in the tracker plugin has a link to a task then it will have the same decoration icon next to it. Hovering over it, it will display the number of tasks that the issue is linked to.

Unlink Task

If a link already exists between an issue and a TD/OMS task then it can be unlinked by clicking the ellipsis Octo tracker plugin ellipsisIcon.png button and then select Octo tracker plugin unlinkTaskIcon.png Unlink Task. This will open the wizard to select the TD/OMS task(s) to unlink from the issue. Another way to open this wizard is to click the Octo tracker plugin linksIcon.png decoration icon on an issue that has linked tasks.


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Here one or more tasks can be selected to unlink from the issue. Once finish is pressed, the work management and item editor plugins will refresh the tasks affected (if visible) and in a similar way, the tracker plugin will refresh the issue as well.

Link New Task

It is possible to create a new task and then link the issue to it. This is done by clicking the ellipsis Octo tracker plugin ellipsisIcon.png button and then select Octo tracker plugin linkNewTaskIcon.png Link New Task. This will show the new task form.


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