[[PageOutline(2-5,Contents,pullout)]] = Import or update tickets in batch from an Excel or CSV file into Trac = == Description == This plugin lets you import into Trac a series of tickets from a CSV file or (if the [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd xlrd] library is installed) from an Excel file. You can also use it to modify tickets in batch, by saving a report as CSV, editing the CSV file, and re-importing the tickets. This plugin is very useful when starting a new project: you can import a list of requirements that may have come from meeting notes, list of features, other ticketing systems... It's also great to review the tickets off-line, or to do massive changes to tickets. Based on the ticket id (or, if no id exists, on the summary) in the imported file, tickets are either created or updated. It is used by software products development teams daily on several projects in at least three companies. == Known issues == There are very few [report:9?COMPONENT=TicketImportPlugin known issues], please [http://trac-hacks.org/newticket?component=TicketImportPlugin&owner=farialima report any problem] you get ! In general, it's better to use Excel than CSV, as CSV files have limitations (character sets, in particular). The main known issue, is that this plugin is not really designed to help you migrate tickets from one system to another: it cannot keep the ticket numbers when creating new tickets, nor keep the history for existing tickets. See #4783 and #5504 for details. Finally, this plugin is not maintained for Trac 0.10 anymore: the 0.10 builds are known to work, but do not have the latest features (importing comments, in particular). == Installation == === Machine-wide installation === For a machine-wide installation, run as root on your machine: * `easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/ticketimportplugin/0.10` for Trac 0.10, or * `easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/ticketimportplugin/0.11` for Trac 0.11. === Japanese localize === * http://sourceforge.jp/projects/shibuya-trac/wiki/plugins%2FTicketImportPlugin === Trac instance installation === For an installation for only one Trac instance (on Trac 0.10, requires the Admin plugin): * Download * [http://trac-hacks.org/attachment/wiki/TicketImportPlugin/TicketImport-0.6c-py2.4.egg?format=raw TicketImport-0.6c-py2.4.egg] for Trac 0.10 on Python 2.4, or * [http://trac-hacks.org/attachment/wiki/TicketImportPlugin/TicketImport-0.6c-py2.5.egg?format=raw TicketImport-0.6c-py2.5.egg] for Trac 0.10 on Python 2.5, or * [http://trac-hacks.org/attachment/wiki/TicketImportPlugin/TicketImport-0.8-py2.4.egg?format=raw TicketImport-0.8-py2.4.egg] for Trac 0.11 on Python 2.4, or * [http://trac-hacks.org/attachment/wiki/TicketImportPlugin/TicketImport-0.8-py2.5.egg?format=raw TicketImport-0.8-py2.5.egg] for Trac 0.11 on Python 2.5, or * [http://trac-hacks.org/attachment/ticket/5369/TicketImport-0.8-py2.6.egg TicketImport-0.8-py2.6.egg] for Trac 0.11 on Python 2.6. * Install using the Admin UI in Trac. === xlrd installation (optional) === To be able to import Excel files, xlrd must be installed. xlrd is a Python library, not a Trac plugin. Take the latest binary from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlrd. On windows, run the installer; on other platforms, just unzip the .zip, and copy the "xlrd" folder that it contains, into the "site-packages" folder of the Python lib, for example: {{{ #!sh $ easy_install xlrd }}} To verify that it's correctly installed, run {{{python -c 'import xlrd'}}} from the command line: it should not cause an error. === Configuration === Restart Trac (or your Apache server). The "TicketImport" plugin should now appear in the "Manage Plugins" page of the Admin tab. Enable it. If you don't have the Admin plugin (on 0.10), you need to enable the plugin by putting: {{{ [components] talm_importer.importer.* = enabled }}} in your trac.ini file (under the "conf" directory of your Trac instance). Then, you need to give some user(s) the right to user Import module. To do that, you must give them '''IMPORT_EXECUTE''' permission, either in the Admin UI (on 0.11) or with the admin command-line tool, like this: {{{ #!sh $ trac-admin /your/trac/installation/folder permission add your_user IMPORT_EXECUTE }}} Wish to personalize navigation label: {{{ [mainnav] importer.label = Import Tickets }}} Wish to modify label ordering: {{{ [trac] mainnav = wiki,browser,roadmap,...,importer,...,admin,search }}} == Source == You can check out TicketImportPlugin from [http://trac-hacks.org/svn/ticketimportplugin here] using Subversion, or [source:ticketimportplugin browse the source] with Trac. You can also download the zipped source from [download:ticketimportplugin here]. == Example == Once you have enabled the plugin and given yourself IMPORT_EXECUTE permission, you will see a new '''Import''' tab in the main navigation. This tab contains a complete documentation on exactly how the import works, as well as a form to select the CSV or XLS file to upload: [[Image(import-wizard.png,width=300)]] Once you have uploaded it, a preview screen shows you what will be imported and let you confirm the import. == Importing tickets including history == To import tickets with history, they have to be imported in multiple go's. The first csv file should contain all tickets in new state. The second csv file the tickets in the next chosen states (can be any state known by the implemented ticket life cycle). Updates can include changes to the description, ownership and other fields. Basically, the second and next csv file imports update the tickets imported from the first. == Change history for this plugin == [[ChangeLog(ticketimportplugin, 10)]] == Author/Contributors == '''Author:''' [wiki:farialima] [[BR]] '''Maintainer:''' [wiki:farialima] [[BR]] '''Contributors:'''