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Re: Integrate Harvest Time Into Redmine

Tom Hes — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:30:56 -0000

Hi Jim, great plugin!

We are now at the point at our company to start tracking time in a professional way.
And we are considering to use Harvest, COOP, Redmine too.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but you guys don't use the time spent option (activities) in Redmine and only track time with Harvest. So you only use Redmine to create tickets and assign them to employees. And the employees use coop tot update their status and track time with the Harvest plugin.
Am I right?

But how do you sync the projects, tasks, tickets and activities between Harvest and Redmine?

Do you have to create a project twice (in Harvest and in Redmine)?
Do you have a list of common tasks wich you create once in Harvest (tasks)?
Do you then create tickets for a project (with the common trackers) in Redmine for project management and then use Coop to track time with the #{ticketnumber} without using the activities possibilities in Redmine?

Thanks in Advance!

Re: Integrate Harvest Time Into Redmine

Yangzongliang521 — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:30:42 -0000

when I after integrated the harvest project , then the project which with harvest show error like this
Internal error
Processing HarvestReportsController#index (for 192.168.9.2 at 2010-10-28 11:27:40) [GET]
Parameters: {"project_id"=>"dotest", "action"=>"index", "controller"=>"harvest_reports"}

Errno::ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused - connect(2)):
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `initialize'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `open'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `connect'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:53:in `timeout'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:101:in `timeout'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:560:in `connect'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:553:in `do_start'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:542:in `start'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1035:in `request'
httparty (0.4.3) lib/httparty/request.rb:69:in `perform_actual_request'
httparty (0.4.3) lib/httparty/request.rb:73:in `get_response'
httparty (0.4.3) lib/httparty/request.rb:40:in `perform'
httparty (0.4.3) lib/httparty.rb:156:in `perform_request'
httparty (0.4.3) lib/httparty.rb:122:in `get'
harvestr (0.0.1) lib/harvest/reports.rb:12:in `project_entries'
vendor/plugins/redmine_harvest/app/models/harvest_time.rb:41:in `import_time'
vendor/plugins/redmine_harvest/app/controllers/harvest_reports_controller.rb:61:in `import_time'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start'
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread'
can you help me to slove the problem , thanks

Re: Integrate Harvest Time Into Redmine

mully — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:54:32 -0000

Hey Merlijn.

I'm not sure I understand your question. There is no sync. Redmine just scans your Harvest comments for the #123 and ties that to a Redmine ticket number using regular expression.

Re: Integrate Harvest Time Into Redmine

Merlijn Ackerstaff — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:22:16 -0000

Hi Jim looks fantastic, exactly what our office needs. But i am wondering how you sync project numbers from Harvest with the ticket numbers in Redmine? Or do you use one system as leading for the numbers and do a copy paste or so?

It would be great if there was some sort of way to import ticket numbers into harvest, so that they are allways synced.

Re: Integrate Harvest Time Into Redmine

Jim — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:32:34 -0000

Unfortunately, we are about 6 months behind in regards to upgrading our Redmine installation.

My guess it this has something to do with the latest Redmine codebase.

If / when we do upgrade Redmine, I will post an update here. However, I am not sure when that will be.

Re: Integrate Harvest Time Into Redmine

droberts — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:14:26 -0000

I love the idea of this addon and followed the instructions carefully. It seems to have installed correctly. Everything seems fine. When I click the Harvest Tab in Projects the server throws a 500 error. The logs indicate:

ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (PGError: ERROR: operator does not exist: text = integer
LINE 1: ...OM "custom_values" WHERE ("custom_values"."value" = 77658 AN...
^
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts.
: SELECT * FROM "custom_values" WHERE ("custom_values"."value" = 77658 AND "custom_values"."custom_field_id" = E'7') LIMIT 1):

As the error shows, when I run this query against the database converting the ID to a string it works. Is there any advice you can offer as to what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Please, No More NDAs

nikhil — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:22:08 -0000

LOVE IT!

Re: Is your Passenger App hung? Here’s how to SIGABRT it and investigate

mully — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:27:20 -0000

Good stuff, Jason!

Thank you, @cglee, for not mentioning the offender that brought on this blog post by name....

Re: Is your Passenger App hung? Here’s how to SIGABRT it and investigate

cglee — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:37:20 -0000

This is really useful! We actually used this to solve a critical problem in a production app. In order to protect the innocent, I won't be naming names on who wrote the offending code.

Re: Make Checkins Relevant!

bradleyjoyce — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:39:41 -0000

yeah on @gowalla I pretty much have everyone turned off at this point except friends that I know are very close to me geographically... and even then most of the time the notifications are irrelevant and annoying.

smarter notifications will definitely get me to use the apps a lot more.

Re: Make Checkins Relevant!

Ben — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:34:41 -0000

I agree that this makes most sense. For what it's worth, in Gowalla you can turn push notifications off/on on a friend-by-friend basis, as well.

Re: Please, No More NDAs

Vlad — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:36:28 -0000

This is sooo true! I see this almost every day myself!!

Re: Please, No More NDAs

namwith — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:40:07 -0000

Oh that bad idea x good execution = -$10,000,000 calculation is accurate. I've seen it. Especially if the part they executed well was raising money...

Re: Please, No More NDAs

mully — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:22:00 -0000

Right, John. If Coca-Cola came to us with a multi-million dollar project RFP that required an NDA because we would be working with Coke's secret formula, I would be inclined to sign the NDA.

Unfortunately, this situation has not yet happened to us here at Squeejee. :-)

Thanks for the comment!

Re: Please, No More NDAs

mully — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:16:38 -0000

Great post! Although I'm not sure it makes sense for the "brilliant execution" of an "awful idea" to earn a person -$10,000,000. ;-)

The 247 comments on that post are a very interesting read. The vast majority of the commenters are in agreement with us.

At least I know I'm not alone

Re: Please, No More NDAs

mully — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:06:21 -0000

I completely agree. People are better off discussing their ideas with anybody that will listen versus forcing people to sign a legal document for the right to listen.

The more you say your idea out loud and the more feedback you get, the better off you will be in the long run.

Re: Please, No More NDAs

Brad Carps — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:21:07 -0000

(quoted so as not to seem as spam)

It's so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an NDA to tell me the simplest idea.)

To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.

Explanation:

AWFUL IDEA = -1
WEAK IDEA = 1
SO-SO IDEA = 5
GOOD IDEA = 10
GREAT IDEA = 15
BRILLIANT IDEA = 20

NO EXECUTION = $1
WEAK EXECUTION = $1000
SO-SO EXECUTION = $10,000
GOOD EXECUTION = $100,000
GREAT EXECUTION = $1,000,000
BRILLIANT EXECUTION = $10,000,000

To make a business, you need to multiply the two.

The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20.
The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.

That's why I don't want to hear people's ideas.

I'm not interested until I see their execution.

http://sivers.org/multiply

Re: Please, No More NDAs

namwith — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:58:13 -0000

AMEN! I agree this NDA to hear a project request business has gotten out of hand. I too get hit with these constantly, and 9 times out of 10 if I decline to sign the NDA they tell me the idea anyhow. But not without a copious amount of back and forth. Such a waste of my time.

Most of the time the NDA is the first red flag in my dealings with a client. Its a warning that they are new to the startup world and may not be fully prepared for the costs and process involved in dealing with building a web app to begin with.

Anyone who's done this before knows that if you have a good idea you should be ramming it down everyone's throats, and that the best contractors need to be motivated to take a project, not put behind some sort of barricade.

Clients bewared - an NDA is almost always a warning sign of a bad client.

Re: Please, No More NDAs

synapticmishap — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:12:18 -0000

Too right. NDA's are pathetic. I can understand the need for them if you're talking a multicorp who've patented something to within an inch of it's life and have ploughed millions of dollars into something, but for most startups, it's total overkill.

So many good things could come out of people sharing what they're doing a little more instead of being so paranoid about their precious idea. It's all in the implementation, anyway.

Thanks for a great post.

Re: Spreedly: fast and easy recurring subscription billing

chrislee1215 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:12:36 -0000

Hey Eric, glad you liked it. I think if the client is a startup rather than an established business with solid revenue stream, then getting up and running and validating the business model is top priority. Using Spreedly also lets you quickly experiment with different price points. Quickly iterating and finding the product/market fit during the early stages is a lot more important than saving a few dollars here and there.

Also, the Rails SaaS Kit is $250 while Spreedly is $20/month. Even with the transaction costs, it'll take a long while before the Rails SaaS Kit becomes cheaper than Spreedly, especially if you factor in the savings in development time.

In the long run, if you already have a solid business model, it makes sense to not want to use a third party. But for most startups, I think it's a good way to get a jump start.

Re: Spreedly: fast and easy recurring subscription billing

Eric Hutzelman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:30:58 -0000

Very informative, thanks Chris. I'm using the SaaS kit, but this does look more straightforward and quicker to get up and running. After all the fees already in place at the merchant level, I'm wondering how happy clients will be to incur additional transaction costs over the long run.

Re: Simple Ruby on Rails Full Text Search Using Xapian

jdirt — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:40:57 -0000

Hi Garrett,

We are running acts_as_xapian in production on two projects that I am aware of. However, since acts_as_xapian is not being developed, I would go with Ryan Bates' Xapit if starting a new project. Have a look here: http://github.com/ryanb/xapit

I've also recently had some good luck with Websolr on Heroku, cool stuff as well.

Thanks,
Jason

Re: Simple Ruby on Rails Full Text Search Using Xapian

Garrett Johnson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:09:34 -0000

I was wondering if you guys are still successfully running Xapian (with acts_as_xapian). I like Xapian's feature list, but I noticed that the plugin is no longer developed. Any thoughts?

Re: How to avoid submit button URL parameters

Bob — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:57:04 -0000

En even better way to do it would be to make sure the form is a POST instead of a GET, like the HTTP spec intended.

Re: Put Some Shine On It: One PNG Goes A Long Way

bradleyjoyce — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:29 -0000

In my particular use case on this project it wasn't a concern. Generally though, you can take advantage of the border-radius CSS property to do your corner rounding and the method I described in the post still works perfectly fine.

In the case, for example, of a button with 4 rounded corners and a gradient background AND you absolutely had to have rounded corners in every single browser/version known to man... then you would end up having to use a full colored gradient image for the bg.

I'm personally an advocate of being OK with slightly different looks in different browers. ie, for browsers that support CSS 3 features, use it, and for browsers that don't (IE), don't worry about it.