TrackStudio Enterprise is one of the most flexible Java-based issue tracking systems. It supports the widest range of commercial and open source application servers and DBMSs, and can be run on any computer platform. 

 

• Multi role feature. Now every user can be a member of several groups and the group list of different projects can vary. For example, user Peter can be a developer in ProjectA, a tester in ProjectB.

 

 

• To simplify the management of the user access rights inheritance support is provided for the user groups and roles.

 

 

• Field-level security -- you can set a visible field list for every user group. For example, you can disable the budget and actual budget display for customers.

 

 

• Text formatting engine for the task and message description formatting.

 

 

• More flexible LDAP suppport enables you to do authentication in Active Directory Service by name and login.

 

 

• Now you can receive a list of similar tasks for each task.

 

 

• Improved calculated custom field object model -- now you can access other tasks to calculate a field value or use other custom fields. User rights are under control when accessing from script -- if the user is revoked to view a certain task via web interface he/she will not be able to do it via the calculated custom fields.

 

 

• Customizable e-mail templates -- you can set an individual e-mail template for every user.

 

 

• More flexible external user self-registration -- now you can use web interface to manage external user self-registration rules. Every user can create a few rules for his/her projects.

 

 

• Full SOAP API is based on Apache AXIS. Unlike many other systems TrackStudio SOAP provides the full access to the system kernel. It enables you to use SOAP API to create tasks, users and workflows, set access permissions and so on. User rights are under control when accessing via SOAP API. The set of examples of work from Java and .NET are included in the TrackStudio DevPack.

 

 

• Application server cluster support. For the sake of better scalability and stability TrackStudio can be launched on several application servers grouped into a cluster. Load balancing makes it possible to distribute the load between servers in the cluster.
• CVS Integration.
• IIS Integration.
• Basic Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and Borland JBuilder plugins. Plugins work with TrackStudio via SOAP API.

 

 

• Link-friendly URLs . You don’t have to log in to go to

 

a TrackStudio page. Just open the necessary page and bookmark it in your browser. You can send your colleague a direct link to a report or to an uploaded file. From now on, you will never get a message saying your session has expired. TrackStudio will automatically log you in. You can upgrade your TrackStudio version on the server or even restart the server – most users will not even notice the break in its functioning. 

 

• All forms are printer-friendly. Now you can print out any form, just use File->Print in your browser.
• User default project. Each user can be assigned a project that will be available for him right after he/she logs in.
• On-line help.
• Quick task search by keyword. You can search for a task by a keyword among all tasks, among tasks of a particular project, or among closed tasks. You can search for tasks faster still by combining the full text search with other filtering conditions.

 

• Configures LDAP connection
• Configures external user self-registration rules
• Supports transferring data between DBMSs via XML import/export

 

• Task Numbers. Now when you create a task, it is given not only GUID, but also a task number. You can quickly edit a particular task if you know its number.
• Supports bulk edit for task budget, deadline, and priority.
• Long text description and message support. Now the maximal length of a task description or a bug-note is not limited by the peculiarities of a DBMS.
• Modify now means "modify after creating"
• The beginning of the task description is added to the task header.

 

• BeanShell-based calculated custom fields. Calculated custom fields allow you to create very comprehensive filters, email notification rules and reports. Calculated custom fields, together with distribution reports, allows you to find out what percentage of user requests are resolved within one day, or which developer fixes bugs most quickly.

 

• Allows you to enter color hex in the States page
• Easier to fill the Edit Category and Transition pages
• Submitter&Handler settings in the Categories and Transition rules
• Supports the copy operation for workflows. You can copy a complex workflow with just one mouse click.

 

• Filter by submitter or handler status (group)
• Last x messages feature in the message filter
• Full text search
• Sort by multiple columns
• Safely delete the used filters
• The manager can edit subordinate filters.
• Supports the copy operation for filters. You can copy a filter with just one mouse click.

 

• Flexible project-specific email submission rules. You can automatically process all incoming mail to the support email address. If an e-mail message meets the specified criteria, it is added to the system; if not, it can be deleted or forwarded to the specified address.
• Import email messages as new tasks or messages. The incoming e-mail messages can be added to the system as tasks or messages depending on the given configuration.

 

• HTML and plain text email notifications. The plain text email notification is recognized in addition to the HTML email notification.
• The manager can edit subordinate e-mail notification rules.

 

• LDAP integration

 

• LDAP support
• Configurable external user self-registration rules. You can specify who will be the manager for the newly created users, whether it is necessary either to create a separate project for each user or to give him/her access to those already existing, and a lot more.

 

 

1) New Open API based on microkernel architecture is realized in TrackStudio 2.7. It means that there is a small kernel responsible for both the interaction of components and the system configuration, while practically all the system functionality is based on adapters with well-defined interfaces. Adapters can be arranged in a pipeline when the result of some method is passed over to the next adapter in the pipeline. The application functionality can be changed or enhanced without modifying the initial code of TrackStudio through using the adapters and arranging them in a pipeline. 

2) TrackStudio 2.7 has a new filter-based email notification system. For instance, a users can indicate that they want to get e-mail notifications only for high-priority tasks and only if they are handlers for that task. One project can have a number of e-mail notification schemes. Users can use e-mail notification schemes created by other users and inherit them from other available projects. You can configure it in such a way that users will not get e-mail notifications on every change of the task, but the list of all changes in tasks/projects for a certain period of time will be sent to them at regular intervals. 

3) TrackStudio 2.7 allows filtering the tasks not only by their parameters, but also by the message parameters (bug notes). 

4) TrackStudio 2.7 has the Bulk Edit tool, which allows posting comments, changing handlers or task status for several tasks at a time, including those located in different projects. 

5) TrackStudio 2.7 has a new JasperReports-based report generator allowing the creation list/detail/distribution and timesheet reports. Reports can be displayed as HTML, PDF, XLS, CSV and XML documents. 

6) TrackStudio 2.7 is greatly enhanced regarding the control over workflows, task categories and custom fields. 

7) TrackStudio 2.7 has new online and PDF documentation.