8.2. Create

The 'bug create' option (actually you don't create a bug but a bugreport) can be reached in many ways. One such method is via the project details screen we saw earlier. There you will see a 'bug create' option in the upper left part of the menu. Clicking on this link will bring you to a screen similar to the one you see in the next picture.

As you can see there is a lot of information already filled in. Every bugreport has its own unique identification number (how this number is generated is something the TUTOS administrator can set up). In this screen you can enter a short description of the problem. Make sure this is short and informative to all. Furthermore you can set the class of the bug. Is it a light, heavy, dangerous bug or merely a suggestion (feature request). The biggest part of the screen is reserved to enter as much information as possible. For now we will say that we have a light bug because we are out of staples and this has negative impact on the documentation project. We enter the information into the screen and click on the Enter button.

After clicking on the Enter button we are presented with the following screen. As you can see, TUTOS informs us that it is incapable of sending an email to user Linux B Torvalds about the entered bugreport. Although this is the first time we see an error message in the TUTOS system please take note of it. As you work more with the system you will see them more often when you do something the wrong way.

As you can see all the information is in place and you can even book time spent on this bug so far. So let's book 1 hour and continue by modifying this bug in the next section.