Create Graphical Reports in BugZilla

Features of BugZilla

To have a better understanding of bugzilla, let us look at some of its features.

• It Is a free and open-source tool that helps various companies in tracking bugs.
   
• It supports various commercial databases, tools and operating systems.
   
• It has various search capabilities that help the user to find specific bugs on different criteria.
   
• Bugzilla has an automatic email notification provider that helps in sending real-time bug notifications on the email.
   
• It also allows the users to modify specific bugs by sending an email.
   
• Bugzilla also has a time-tracking feature that helps users to identify the time spent on resolving a specific bug.

Pre Requisites of Creating Graphical Reports

Let us look at the prerequisites for creating graphical reports on bugzilla.

• We must have an account on bugzilla prior to creating reports.
   
• We must ensure that the bug data is available on bugzilla.
   
• Basic knowledge about tracking and resolving bugs.
   
• It is a good habit to check the permissions beforehand to create graphical reports.

Creating Graphical Reports

Now let us look at the steps to create graphical reports in bugzilla.

Step 1: First of all, we must login to our account on bugzilla. The home page should look like the image below.

Step 2: Click on the report link that is available on the header list of the main page.

Step 3: After following the second step, a new page will appear. Click on the graphical reports link on the page.

Step 4: Now, to generate a graphical report, there are many options present on the new page. 

The list of the available options are:

• Vertical Axis
   
• Horizontal Axis
   
• Multiple Images
   
• Format- Line graph, Bar chart or Pie chart
   
• Plot data set
   

Now depending on the type of bug, we must select certain options on the page.

• Type of products such as cppunit, LibreOffice and QA tools.
   
• Various components, such as the Android editor and Firefox OS.
   
• Status of the Bug, It might be unconfirmed, new or assigned.
   
• We should also select the resolution types as duplicate, moved or notabug.
   

Note: There are various options other than the options provided in the blog. These options are selected depending on the type of Bug. There may be other options available depending on the Bugzilla instance and its configuration.

Step 5: After selecting various options for generating the graphical report, click on the generate report option available at the end of the page.

After this, we can successfully visualize and track the bugs.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Bugzilla?

Bugzilla is an open-source tool used by developers to track or report bugs for a product. It was first made available to the public on April 6, 1998. It was initially used by the Mozilla Foundation to track the bugs in mozilla firefox.

What are some of the features of Bugzilla?

Some of the features of bugzilla include its support for various commercial databases, tools and operating systems, Its search capabilities that help the user to find specific bugs.

Can Bugzilla be used for non-software projects?

Yes, We can use bugzilla for tracking the bugs in non-software domains projects as it customizes depending upon its requirement.

Can Bugzilla integrate with other tools or systems?

Bugzilla provides the API that helps us to integrate it with other tools or systems.

Can Bugzilla handle large-scale projects?

Yes, We can use bugzilla in large-scale projects as it is designed to handle projects of various sizes, including large-scale projects.

Conclusion

In this article, we learned about creating graphical reports in BugZilla. We learned about graphical reports in BugZilla along with its features and step-by-step method to create graphical reports in BugZilla.

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