RT::Action::LinearEscalate
LinearEscalate is a ScripAction which is NOT intended to be called per transaction. It's intended to be called by an RT escalation tool. One such tool is called rt-crontool and is located in $RTHOME/bin (see rt-crontool -h for more details)
rt-crontool -h
This ScripAction will move a ticket's priority from its initial priority to its final priority linearly as the ticket approaches its due date.
This ScripAction uses RT's internal Ticket::_Set call to set ticket priority without running scrips or recording a transaction on each update.
To install this package:
# perl Makefile.PL # make install
Once the ScripAction is installed, the following script in "cron" will get tickets to where they need to be:
rt-crontool --search RT::Search::FromSQL --search-arg \ "(Status='new' OR Status='open' OR Status = 'stalled')" \ --action RT::Action::LinearEscalate
LinearEscalate's behavior can be controlled by two configuration options set in RT_SiteConfig.pm -- LinearEscalate_RecordTransaction, which defaults to false and causes the tool to create a transaction on the ticket when it is escalated, and LinearEscalate_UpdateLastUpdated, which defaults to true and updates the LastUpdated field when the ticket is escalated. You cannot set LinearEscalate_UpdateLastUpdated to false unless LinearEscalate_RecordTransaction is also false. (Well, you can, but we'll just ignore you.)
To install RT::Action::LinearEscalate, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm RT::Action::LinearEscalate
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install RT::Action::LinearEscalate
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.