Question

When entering a project into FogBugz we'd like to enter in (and keep) the initial "Quote Estimate". In other words, "how long did we tell the client this is going to take?". Currently we're doing that with a Custom Number Field. This works ok, however it would be nice to be able to enter in "3 days" or "24 hours" or "30 minutes", etc instead of just "30". Also, and more importantly, it would be great if, in grid view, the field summed up the estimates of child cases on to the parent case like the default estimate field does now.

1. Is there a way to do this now?
2. Can the Custom Fields plugin be modified/updated to include this functionality?

Case FC2173718

Answer 1

1. Currently, no. To enter things like "3 days" or "24 hours" you'd need to use a custom field of type "Text," but obviously the Custom Fields plugin won't know that these strings are supposed to be interpreted as units of time.

2. Yes, Custom Fields could be extended to support this type of functionality, however it is not currently slated to have this funcationality added.

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Alternatively, an additional plugin could be written to explicitly provide this type of functionality.