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24                  <LI><A HREF="#qmatches">Query Results Page</A></LI>                  <LI><A HREF="#qmatches">Query Results Page</A></LI>
25           </UL>           </UL>
26           <P> For more information about GNATS, see the           <P> For more information about GNATS, see the
27                  <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/">GNATS home page</A>. </P><HR>                  <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/">GNATS home page</A>.</P>
28             <P>Please note that newer versions of GNATS allows a great degree of
29                    customization, such as addition of custom fields, etc. This help file describes
30                    default installations of Gnatsweb and for customized installtions, it may not
31                    be accurate.</P><HR>
32           <H2><A NAME="login">Login Page</A></H2>           <H2><A NAME="login">Login Page</A></H2>
33           <P>The login page is used to login to the GNATS system. The first time           <P>The login page is used to login to the GNATS system. The first time
34                  Gnatsweb is used, this page is presented. After the first time, the                  Gnatsweb is used, this page is presented. After the first time, the
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122                           responsible for the problem category.</DD>                           responsible for the problem category.</DD>
123                    <DT><B>Priority:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Priority:</B> (combobox)</DT>
124                    <DD>Like severity, this is merely a guess at the priority level of the                    <DD>Like severity, this is merely a guess at the priority level of the
125                           problem.</DD>                           problem.</DD>
126                    <DT><B>Quarter:</B> (textbox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Quarter:</B> (textbox)</DT>
127                    <DD>What quarter the PR falls into.</DD>                    <DD>What quarter the PR falls into.</DD>
128                    <DT><B>Class:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Class:</B> (combobox)</DT>
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145                           better.</DD>                           better.</DD>
146                    <DT><B>Description:</B> (multi-line textbox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Description:</B> (multi-line textbox)</DT>
147                    <DD>A full description of the problem. Good descriptions become good                    <DD>A full description of the problem. Good descriptions become good
148                           solutions. Bad descriptions make problems hard to solve.</DD>                           solutions. Bad descriptions make problems hard to solve.</DD>
149                    <DT><B>File Attachments:</B> (textbox and button)</DT>                    <DT><B>File Attachments:</B> (textbox and button)</DT>
150                    <DD>Used for uploading a file to the GNATS database together with the                    <DD>Used for uploading a file to the GNATS database together with the
151                           PR. Text files, pictures, anything that is relevant for the problem.</DD>                           PR. Text files, pictures, anything that is relevant for the problem.</DD>
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233                           HREF="#qmatches">Query Results Page</A>. This selects a previously stored                           HREF="#qmatches">Query Results Page</A>. This selects a previously stored
234                           query. If no queries have been stored, this field is not displayed.</DD>                           query. If no queries have been stored, this field is not displayed.</DD>
235                    <DT><B>Category:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Category:</B> (combobox)</DT>
236                    <DD>This will select <I>all</I> or a specific category to search.</DD>                    <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific category to search.</DD>
237                    <DT><B>Severity:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Severity:</B> (combobox)</DT>
238                    <DD>This will select <I>all</I> or a specific severity to search.</DD>                    <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific severity to search.</DD>
239                    <DT><B>Priority:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Priority:</B> (combobox)</DT>
240                    <DD>This will select <I>all</I> or a specific priority to search.</DD>                    <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific priority to search.</DD>
241                    <DT><B>Responsible:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Responsible:</B> (combobox)</DT>
242                    <DD>This will select <I>all</I> or a specific responsible to                    <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific responsible to
243                           search.</DD>                           search.</DD>
244                    <DT><B>State:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>State:</B> (combobox)</DT>
245                    <DD>This will select <I>all</I> or a specific state to search.</DD>                    <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific state to search.</DD>
246                    <DT><B>Ignore Closed</B> (checkbox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Ignore Closed</B> (checkbox)</DT>
247                    <DD>This selects whether or not to ignore closed problem reports                    <DD>This selects whether or not to ignore closed problem reports
248                           (ignore is on by default).</DD>                           (ignore is on by default).</DD>
249                    <DT><B>Class:</B> (combobox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Class:</B> (combobox)</DT>
250                    <DD>This will select <I>all</I> or a specific class to search.</DD>                    <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific class to search.</DD>
251                      <DT><B>Submitter-Id:</B> (combobox)</DT>
252                      <DD>This will select <I>any</I> or a specific submitter-id to
253                             search.</DD>
254                      <DT><B>Originated by You</B> (checkbox)</DT>
255                      <DD>Allows you to limit queries to reports originated by yourself. Note
256                             that Originator and Submitter-Id are different fields.</DD>
257                    <DT><B>Synopsis Search:</B> (textbox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Synopsis Search:</B> (textbox)</DT>
258                    <DD>This will search the synopsis field for the text entered.</DD>                    <DD>This will search the synopsis field for the text entered.</DD>
259                    <DT><B>Multi-line Text Search:</B> </DT>                    <DT><B>Multi-line Text Search:</B> </DT>
260                    <DD>This will search all the multi-line text fields for the text                    <DD>This will search any the multi-line text fields for the text
261                           entered.</DD>                           entered.</DD>
262                    <DT><B>Column Display:</B> (multi-select listbox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Column Display:</B> (multi-select listbox)</DT>
263                    <DD>This selects the columns to be displayed in the query results                    <DD>This selects the columns to be displayed in the query results
264                           table. The selection is stored by the web browser, so the next time a query is                           table. The selection is stored by the web browser, so the next time a query is
265                           requested, the columns selected for the previous query will be selected by                           requested, the columns selected for the previous query will be selected by
266                           default.</DD>                           default.</DD>
267                    <DT><B>Display Current Date</B> (checkbox)</DT>                    <DT><B>Sort By:</B> (combobox)</DT>
268                    <DD>This selects whether or not to display the current date and time on the                    <DD>Selects which field to sort search results by.</DD>
269                        query results page. (This is on by default).</DD>                    <DT><B>Reverse Order:</B> (checkbox)</DT>
270                      <DD>Allows you to reverse the sort order. Highest-numbered PRs first,
271                             for instance.</DD>
272                      <DT><B>Display: Current Date</B> (checkbox)</DT>
273                      <DD>This selects whether or not to display the current date and time on
274                             the query results page. (This is on by default).</DD>
275                    <DT><B>Submit query</B> (button)</DT>                    <DT><B>Submit query</B> (button)</DT>
276                    <DD>This submits the query and the <A HREF="#qmatches">Query Results                    <DD>This submits the query and the <A HREF="#qmatches">Query Results
277                           Page</A> is displayed.</DD>                           Page</A> is displayed.</DD>
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350                  all closed problem reports.</P>                  all closed problem reports.</P>
351           <H3>Display</H3>           <H3>Display</H3>
352           <P>This sub-section is a multi-select listbox that is used to set the           <P>This sub-section is a multi-select listbox that is used to set the
353                  displayable columns in the <A HREF="#qmatches">Query Results Page</A>.</P>                  displayable columns in the <A HREF="#qmatches">Query Results Page</A>.</P>
354           <P>Below this is a checkbox entitled "Display Current Date". This checkbox controls           <P>Below this is a row entitled "Display". The checkbox "Current Date" in
355                  whether or not the current date will be displayed on the query results page.                  this row controls whether or not the current date will be displayed on the
356                  (This is on by default).</P><HR>                  query results page. (This is on by default).</P><HR>
357           <H2><A NAME="qmatches">Query Results Page</A></H2>           <H2><A NAME="qmatches">Query Results Page</A></H2>
358           <P>The problem report table displayed shows the problem report numbers as           <P>The problem report table displayed shows the problem report numbers as
359                  links to the <A HREF="#view">View Problem Report Page</A>. In order to sort the                  links to the <A HREF="#view">View Problem Report Page</A>. In order to sort the
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361           <P>Near the bottom of the page is a link marked "View for bookmarking".           <P>Near the bottom of the page is a link marked "View for bookmarking".
362                  Normally, specific Gnatsweb pages can't be bookmarked, but by clicking on this                  Normally, specific Gnatsweb pages can't be bookmarked, but by clicking on this
363                  link and using the bookmark function of your browser, you can get a bookmark                  link and using the bookmark function of your browser, you can get a bookmark
364                  for this particular page.</P>                  for this particular page.</P>
365           <P>Below the bookmarking link is a text entry field and a button to store a           <P>Below the bookmarking link is a text entry field and a button to store a
366                  query selection. Stored queries are accessible from the <A HREF="#query">Query                  query selection. Stored queries are accessible from the <A HREF="#query">Query
367                  Problem Reports Page</A> or the <A HREF="#advquery">Advanced Query Problem                  Problem Reports Page</A> or the <A HREF="#advquery">Advanced Query Problem

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