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Project field within reported-issue versus Roadmap-menu (using Main- and Sub-projects).

Following case:
1. We define within a Main-project several Sub-projects.
2. We define by “Manage Projects” for the Main-project a (release)- version, this with the options release untagged. The Sub-project is inheriting this setting.
3. We select a reported issue and add to this issue the target-version and saving this.
4. Within the Roadmap-menu the ticket will be shown in the section:
- Main-project OR
- Sub-project.
This depends on what was defined into the “Project”-field of the reported issue/ticket.

Question:
Is there a way to toggle between Main- and Sub-projects within the Roadmap, so we will be able to Group or Segment them?
- For a complete overview then I would choose the Main-projects.
- For a segmented overview the Sub-projects.
This without the intention to change the ticket/issue its project value!

Sincerely,
Jaap

Jaap wrote: Is there a way to toggle between Main- and Sub-projects within the Roadmap, so we will be able to Group or Segment them?

Not sure what you mean with it.
The roadmap shows the main and the sub-projects if you choose the main project in project selection drop down.
The roadmap shows the the sub-project if you choose a sub-project in project selection drop down.

Let me try to describe by two public access-able examples of MantisBT using sites:

A) Have a look at the non-nested:
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/roadmap_page.php

Well when go to the Roadmap menu and check the projects-box, right side of screen, then you will see that there are no nested projects.

No issues here!

B) But when we visit:
http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/mantis ... p_page.php
We see in the Roadmap
The Main-project : Double Commander
And the Sub-project: Tasks

Checking the project box we see:
Double Commander
>> Tasks

When opening issue the following issues 0000018 and 0001499 then is shown

ID 0001499
Project Double Commander

ID 0000018
Project Tasks

So the nested sub-project shows different Roadmaps, known:
MAIN Roadmap
SUB Roadmap

So I’m facing the same kind of issue like “Double commander“.

I would like to be able to have some kind of work-a-round by which I could toggle between them.
My intention is to add later on a Burn-down Chart to the Roadmap so I would expect:
1) The Main-project with all subproject issues included overview. (1 Chart)
2) The “Segmented overview” per Main/Subject project Road-map. (Chart for every segment)

** This second one is what now “actually shown”
** The first one is what I “also wanted”!

I hope that I described this quite complicated issue properly enough!

Remark:
I could filter perfectly with the Project-select box between “All Projects”, “Main-projects” and “Sub-projects” so filtering is not the issue. The issue is Main versus its sub-projects.
Selecting the main project shows me also its sub-projects but not in one listing.

Sincerely,
Jaap

You might want to add your thoughts to some known feature requests related to roadmap and sub-projects, e.g.
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=10368
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=10388
https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=7865
...

I have been thinking of a similar functionality and happen to be working on the roadmap page this week. Willing to exchange information / examine together with you Jaap. You could pm me in dutch for clarity.