hello folks,

I'm new to RT.

I'd like to set up ticket creation such that tables in an independent relational database (postgresql) can be used to force choices in some fields/menus, and perhaps display information in other fields.

Example:

my company offers products Product-A, Product-B, Product-C.

Product-A has versions "2.11p3", "2.13", "3.0", etc.
Product-B has versions "b56-03", "b56-04", "b57-01" etc.

I'd like a drop-down menu where ticket creator must choose "Product-A", "Product-B", etc. After she has chosen the applicable product, I'd like another drop-down menu with the appropriate versions for that product.

I've done a bit of research and it isn't clear to me if this is possible, or if it is, what RT mechanisms could be used to implement it.

Is it possible? If yes, I would be grateful for some pointers to examples/howtos or other tips on how to proceed.

I can imagine that the above could be *relative* simple to implement. I can imagine a somewhat trickier scenario, though, in which the ticket creator has to supply a license-ID in a field, after which the menus above (product, version), would be dynamically populated after a DB lookup to determine what products and/or versions were linked to that particular license-ID. Is *that* possible? (well, without getting into nitty-gritty AJAX programming?)

thanks,

Rob Urban

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