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Migrating from Casetracker to Request Tracker (RT)

If you're migrating from Casetracker to RT, knowing about the differences between the two applications will make for a smoother transition. Below are details about the differences. They are grouped by:

  • What's new: Features in RT that did not exist in Casetracker
  • What's different: Functions that exist in both RT and Casetracker, but are carried out differently
  • What's coming: Features that will be part of the next release

This document will be updated frequently as the RT Project progresses.

What's new?

Two web interfaces

Create relationships between tickets

Consultant access on a per-queue basis

Multiple people affiliated with one ticket

Customizable queues

Download search results to Excel

Extended search functionality

Prioritize tickets

Benchmark time worked on tickets

Spam Filtering


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What's different?

Terminology has changed

E-mail notification when ticket is assigned

Status types have different names

Email notification during ticket progress

Tickets with status types Resolved and Deleted do not display in Quick Search

Email sent to migrated Casetracker cases

Migrated cases have different Id's

Email sent to non-migrated Casetracker cases

Some Casetracker fields are not part of default set of RT fields

Creating case sets


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What's coming?

History entry tags

Full text custom field


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(last modified: 6/14/04)

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