Redmine - Add "Spent Time" Field to Issues Display

Question

How would I go about adding the "Spent Time" as a column to be displayed in the issues list?

Answer 1

Since no one answered, I just poked the source until it yielded results. Then I started a blog to explain how I did it.

Add spent time column to default issues list in Redmine

Answer 2

You can also do this by adding the column at runtime. This will add the spent hours column without modifying the Redmine core. Just drop the following code into a file in lib/

Adapted from:

• Redmine Budget Plugin
• Redmine Question Plugin

require_dependency 'query'

module QueryPatch
  def self.included(base) # :nodoc:
    base.extend(ClassMethods)

    # Same as typing in the class
    base.class_eval do
      unloadable # Send unloadable so it will not be unloaded in development
      base.add_available_column(QueryColumn.new(:spent_hours))
    end

  end

  module ClassMethods

    unless Query.respond_to?(:available_columns=)
      # Setter for +available_columns+ that isn't provided by the core.
      def available_columns=(v)
        self.available_columns = (v)
      end
    end

    unless Query.respond_to?(:add_available_column)
      # Method to add a column to the +available_columns+ that isn't provided by the core.
      def add_available_column(column)
        self.available_columns