Search To Table Plugin

Performs a topic search and puts results into a table:

• Only searches in the current web

• Specify what data from selected topics is displayed including field data from forms (display="topic,storyNumber,storyPriority")

• • Display will default to topic, revUser, revDate, firstLine
  • Predefined fields are:
    • revUser - User name of last one to change topic
    • revDate - Date last changes made
    • revNumber - RCS revision number for topic
    • topic - topic name
    • firstLine - First line from topic to return. Skips comments and headings

• Specify column headings for table (titles="Topic,Number,Priority')

• Can narrow topics displayed based on values of form fields (fieldSearch="storyPriority:5,storyStatus:open")

• • AND between fields (storyPriority = 5 AND storyStatus = open)

• Use with the TablePlugin to be able to sort columns in the table

• Display a next value line for a numeric field (nextValue=fieldName)

Global Preference

• One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
  • Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Performs a topic search and puts results into a table. (FormattedSearch has the functionality of this Plugin)

• Set DEBUG to on to get debug messages in data/debug.txt. Default: off

• • Set DEBUG = on

Examples

%TABLE{sort="on" headerbg="#99CCCC" databg="#C8CB8F,#DBDDB5"}%
%SearchToTable{search="<\!\-\- XP Story" display="topic,storyNumber,storyPriority,firstLine" titles="Topic,Number,Priority,Subject"}%

Plugin Installation Instructions

• Unzip the file in your twiki directory, will load lib/TWiki/Plugins/SearchToTablePlugin.pm and data/TWiki/SearchToTablePlugin.txt

Plugin Info

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences, TWikiPlugins, DefaultPlugin

-- KenKachnowich - 21 Dec 2001

• SearchToTablePlugin.zip: Zip file of the plugin