Project Support Hours¶ ↑

Project Support Hours is a plugin to implement per-project buckets of hours that are used for support.

Features¶ ↑

• Projects can be configured to have:

  • Support hours

  • Project start date

  • Project end date

  • Activities to exclude from the support hours

• Project overview will display:

  • Support hours used

  • Support hours left

  • Support hours available

  • Project start date

  • Project end date

Getting the plugin¶ ↑

A copy of the plugin can be downloaded from Little Stream Software or from GitHub

Installation and Setup¶ ↑

This plugin requires a specific plugin hook for Redmine. If you are running Redmine 0.8.x or Redmine trunk prior to r2866, please follow the patching instructions that follow.

Patching Instructions¶ ↑

The patch is provided in patches/projects-show-sidebar.patch. Make sure you are in the Redmine root when running the following command:

$ patch -p1 < vendor/plugins/redmine_project_support_hours/patches/projects-show-sidebar.patch

Make sure there is no conflicts or other errors before continuing. You can also apply the patch by hand as it is only one line of code that is changed.

Installation¶ ↑

1. Follow the Redmine plugin installation steps at: www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/Plugins

2. Run the plugin migrations rake db:migrate_plugins

3. Restart your Redmine web servers (e.g. mongrel, thin, mod_rails)

4. Login as an Administrator and configure the Custom Fields for the plugin in: Administration > Plugins > Configure

Usage¶ ↑

When you setup a project, fill in the fields you’ve configured for the plugins (e.g. hours, start date, end date). Then on the Project Overview page, this data will appear as well as some calculations of the time used and time remaining.

License¶ ↑

This plugin is licensed under the GNU GPL v2. See COPYRIGHT.txt and GPL.txt for details.

Project help¶ ↑

If you need help you can contact the maintainer at the Bug Tracker. The bug tracker is located at projects.littlestreamsoftware.com