Scorpio Helper: Searching for Reported Bugs

Scorpio Helper: Seaching for Reported Bugs

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The developers want to hear about every specific and reproducible bug that happens when you use a project. You can help to get more bugs fixed faster by checking through (view bugs) option or through (search option) before submitting your bug report, and not creating a duplicate report . If you find that the problem you identified has already been reported, do not report it again, but if you have something useful to contribute, please do add to the report.

Doing the Query

The Search Form is very powerful tool through which the bugs can be listed on various grounds,printed and mails can be sent. The way the search works, any part of the form that is left blank does not limit the search at all, and each part that is filled in cuts the list of bugs down to only those that match the criteria you set.If none of the options are filled ,
all the bugs of the project are listed. The search form and usage of fields are explained below.

Search
Show		of Bugs in Modules
And		Bug No OR Summary OR Defect Observed OR Desired Result
And		Bug Status
And		Submitted Date
	Between
	And

Syntax for search :

Show [Detailed / Short View] of Bugs in [All / Module name] Modules
And [Y / N] [Text to be searched for] In Bug No OR Summary OR Defect Observed OR Desired Result
And [Y / N] [Any / Status of bug] Bug Status
And [Y / N] Submitted Date between [Start Date] And [End Date]

And [Y / N]: Checkboxes to narrow your search
[Detailed / Short View]: Output view of the search results
[All / Module name]: Name of modules (Sub-sections) of the project. Selecting All will search in all modules otherwise only in the specified module.
[Text to be searched for]: Any keyword that you want to search for.It can be either Bug No, Summary, Defect Observed OR Desired Result
[Any / Status of bug]: Status of the bug which you are searching for
New: new bugs.
Acknowledged: Bug is recieved.
Assigned: assigned to developer.
Confirmed: really a bug.
Resolved: no more.
[Start Date][End Date]: Search bug submited between Start Date and End Date

When you have done all that, click on the [Search] button. Below the search form a list of bugs that match your query are displayed.

Looking Over the List

The "Bug List" page, is shown below the search form.
Above the list their are three buttons for the ease of user.
- Short/Detailed view - To toggle between the views according to need.
- Printable/Normal Version - To toggle between Printable and Normal versions.
- Send this in email to me - Mail me this search result in HTML format.
Detailed View - Displays each bug and its bugnotes with all details.New Bugnotes can also be added.
Short View - Lists bugs in short with necessary information. Bugs are listed in different colors according to status
so that new or resolved or assigned bugs can be viewed at a glance. Each bug has a No. which is linked to detailed view of that bug.