Loading...
 

Cannot insert pretty tracker “metadata” into trackerlist

Status
Open
Subject
Cannot insert pretty tracker “metadata” into trackerlist
Version
16.x
Category
  • Error
Feature
Trackers
Wiki Syntax (text area, parser, external wiki, etc)
Resolution status
New
Submitted by
Loren Maxwell
Lastmod by
Loren Maxwell
Rating
(0)
Description

When nesting pretty trackers inside a wiki page, the trackerlist for the inside pretty tracker should be able to accept "metadata" from the outside pretty tracker, specially {$f_itemId}, to use as a filtervalue for the inside pretty tracker.

However this results in the following error:
trackerlist: Pretty tracker reference "$f_itemId" could not be replaced in plugin "trackerlist".

This is true with all of the pretty tracker "metadata" such as:
{$f_created}
{$f_status_input}
{$f_status}
{$f_itemId}
{$f_lastmodif}
{$itemoff}
{$tr_offset}

Note that items such as {$f_xx} where xx is the field id and items such as work correctly. The issue seems to be limited to using the pretty tracker "metadata" inside the trackerlist of the inside pretty tracker.

An outline:

Three trackers: one for Movies, one for Actors, and one for Cast using two "Item link" fields to link movies and actors.

Three Pretty Trackers: one for Movies, one for Actors, and one for Cast

Wiki page for "Raiders of the Lost Ark":
- Calls trackerlist using the Pretty Tracker for Movies with page=view to show details for this specific movie such as release date, studio, poster, etc.

Wiki page for "Harrison Ford":
- Calls trackerlist using the Pretty Tracker for Actors with page=view to show details for this specific actor such as birth date, birth place, etc.

Pretty Tracker for Movies:
- Contains a trackerlist using the Pretty Tracker for Cast that should have filterfield="xx" where xx is the Item Link field for the Movies tracker and filtervalue={$f_itemId}

Pretty Tracker for Actors:
- Contains a trackerlist using the Pretty Tracker for Cast that should have filterfield="yy" where yy is the Item Link field for the Actors tracker and filtervalue={$f_itemId}


Using the {$f_itemId} in the Pretty Trackers results in the error:
trackerlist: Pretty tracker reference "$f_itemId" could not be replaced in plugin "trackerlist".



Workaround:

Make both the Cast fields Page Selectors and use either filtervalue={$f_xx} or filtervalue=

It works, but this approach loses the relational benefits of using Item Link. Also, instead of using drop down selectors to select the Movie and Actor for the Cast tracker, the names themselves are required to be typed in, which can be cumbersome and error prone.


Setting "Importance" to 8 based on multiple discussions of nested pretty trackers over the past 7 years:
https://tiki.org/forumthread63281
https://tiki.org/forumthread61654
https://tiki.org/forumthread60207
http://tikiwiki.1073613.n5.nabble.com/Nested-trackerlists-td18465.html

And also this reported bug: https://dev.tiki.org/item5084

Additionally, I believe this simple fix would greatly enhance the possibilities for Mediawiki-type of infoboxes, such as outlined here: https://dev.tiki.org/item1843

Setting "Easy to solve?" to 8 based on the idea that it should be fairly simple to solve since the Pretty Tracker already allows {$f_xx} and etc., it's just a matter of including the "metadata" fields into that group.

Importance
8
Easy to solve?
8
Priority
64
Demonstrate Bug (Tiki 19+)
Please demonstrate your bug on show2.tiki.org
 About show2.tiki.org

To help developers solve the bug, we kindly request that you demonstrate your bug on a show2.tiki.org instance. To start, simply select a version and click on "Create show2.tiki.org instance". Once the instance is ready (in a minute or two), as indicated in the status window below, you can then access that instance, login (the initial admin username/password is "admin") and configure the Tiki to demonstrate your bug. Priority will be given to bugs that have been demonstrated on show2.tiki.org.

Version: Create show2.tiki.org instance
Demonstrate Bug (older Tiki versions)
This bug has been demonstrated on show.tikiwiki.org
 Accessing the Tiki instance that demonstrates this bug

The URL for the show.tikiwiki.org instance that demonstrates this bug is at: http://user-11854-6292.show.tikiwiki.org. Note that if you get a popup asking for a username/password, please just enter "show" and "show". This is different from the initial login and password for a new Tiki which is "admin" and "admin".

For the install log, see http://user-11854-6292.show.tikiwiki.org/info.txt

Note that if you see PHP errors or a Tiki claiming to be missing third party software, the instance creation is probably not finished. Please wait a couple minutes and reload.

 Snapshots

Snapshots are database dumps of the configuration that developers can download for debugging. Once you have reproduced your bug on the show.tikiwiki.org instance, create a snapshot that can then be downloaded by developers for further investigation.

Snapshots can be accessed at: http://user-11854-6292.show.tikiwiki.org/snapshots/. Note that if you get a popup asking for a username/password, please just enter "show" and "show".

Create new snapshot
Ticket ID
6292
Created
Wednesday 08 March, 2017 12:45:00 GMT-0000
by Loren Maxwell
LastModif
Thursday 09 March, 2017 19:24:13 GMT-0000

Attachments

 filenamecreatedhitscommentversionfiletype 
No attachments for this item


Keywords

The following is a list of keywords that should serve as hubs for navigation within the Tiki development and should correspond to documentation keywords.

Each feature in Tiki has a wiki page which regroups all the bugs, requests for enhancements, etc. It is somewhat a form of wiki-based project management. You can also express your interest in a feature by adding it to your profile. You can also try out the Dynamic filter.

Accessibility (WAI & 508)
Accounting
Administration
Ajax
Articles & Submissions
Backlinks
Banner
Batch
BigBlueButton audio/video/chat/screensharing
Blog
Bookmark
Browser Compatibility
Calendar
Category
Chat
Comment
Communication Center
Consistency
Contacts Address book
Contact us
Content template
Contribution
Cookie
Copyright
Credits
Custom Home (and Group Home Page)
Database MySQL - MyISAM
Database MySQL - InnoDB
Date and Time
Debugger Console
Diagram
Directory (of hyperlinks)
Documentation link from Tiki to doc.tiki.org (Help System)
Docs
DogFood
Draw -superseded by Diagram
Dynamic Content
Preferences
Dynamic Variable
External Authentication
FAQ
Featured links
Feeds (RSS)
File Gallery
Forum
Friendship Network (Community)
Gantt
Group
Groupmail
Help
History
Hotword
HTML Page
i18n (Multilingual, l10n, Babelfish)
Image Gallery
Import-Export
Install
Integrator
Interoperability
Inter-User Messages
InterTiki
jQuery
Kaltura video management
Kanban
Karma
Live Support
Logs (system & action)
Lost edit protection
Mail-in
Map
Menu
Meta Tag
Missing features
Visual Mapping
Mobile
Mods
Modules
MultiTiki
MyTiki
Newsletter
Notepad
OS independence (Non-Linux, Windows/IIS, Mac, BSD)
Organic Groups (Self-managed Teams)
Packages
Payment
PDF
Performance Speed / Load / Compression / Cache
Permission
Poll
Profiles
Quiz
Rating
Realname
Report
Revision Approval
Scheduler
Score
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Search
Security
Semantic links
Share
Shopping Cart
Shoutbox
Site Identity
Slideshow
Smarty Template
Social Networking
Spam protection (Anti-bot CATPCHA)
Spellcheck
Spreadsheet
Staging and Approval
Stats
Survey
Syntax Highlighter (Codemirror)
Tablesorter
Tags
Task
Tell a Friend
Terms and Conditions
Theme
TikiTests
Federated Timesheets
Token Access
Toolbar (Quicktags)
Tours
Trackers
TRIM
User Administration
User Files
User Menu
Watch
Webmail and Groupmail
WebServices
Wiki History, page rename, etc
Wiki plugins extends basic syntax
Wiki syntax text area, parser, etc
Wiki structure (book and table of content)
Workspace and perspectives
WYSIWTSN
WYSIWYCA
WYSIWYG
XMLRPC
XMPP




Useful Tools