Using tracket to create a page / assigning categories
I have created a tracker to collect information that will be used to create a page.
I have the basics working properly. I have one issue that I would appreciate help with.
I have included several category fields so the user can select them in the form.
Why? Because my users are almost all fairly helpless, and though I don't see why, the category interface confuses them.
Despite the fact I think they should be able to grasp the category interface, there is something to be said for setting as much as possible in one form, rather than asking them (anyone, really) to perform multiple steps, which can be more easily skipped or forgotten.
But I know that selecting them in the form will not assign the new page to the categories.
I presume there is no way to make that happen automatically. If I am wrong, by all means clue me in!
Does this sound like a reasonable feature request?
There could be a field in the tracker "assignCategories" and the user can enter a delimited list of categories. The values could be from the fields:
assignCategories = {$f_23}|{$f_23}|{$f_23}
This would only have an effect when outputtowiki is used, of course.
Shall I file it?
Suggested workarounds? The number of pages created per year will be very low.
1) I can set it so that the item is not discarded. As admin, I can periodically find the categories to set from the tacker entries, assign them manually, and then delete the tracker item.
2) I can discarded the item, and have an email sent to me for follow up when the item is added. The email would contain the page name and category IDs that I need to add. Is this possible to do as part of the pretty tracker template? I have not generated emails before, but I'm guessing this might already be a feature.
Thanks!!