BMO User Guide

You've probably noticed that BMO has a lot going on. Hopefully you've already watched Understanding Mozilla: Bugzilla, which gives a quick tour of BMO. We'll now delve into some more details of various definitions, features, and processes in BMO.

This is a work in progress. There are stubs in every section. If you feel like you know enough to write a paragraph or two about any subject, please do!

BMO vs Bugzilla

what is bugzilla, what is bmo, and how are they different?

Searching

Omg, so many ways to search, why do we have so many, and how do they work?

Quick Search

Quick Search rocks! You should use it.

Advanced Search, Pronouns

Advanced search looks hardcore, but the rewards for learning how to drive it are plentiful. Also, pronouns are amazing.

Bugmail Filtering

Too much bugmail? Filter on BMO itself and/or via x-headers!

Bug Tagging

Want to organise or keep track on bugs which are important to you? Use tags.

Comment Tagging

Want to convey some out-of-band information on a comment? Tag it. Want to auto-collapse a spammy, abusive, or obsolete comment? Tag it.

Keywords and the Whiteboard

What are all these keywords and weird whiteboard stuff? What is a whiteboard anyhow? Which should i use?

== Tracking Flags tracking-firefox-20? Who's doing the tracking? Should i even set these flags?

APIs

I hear you want to integrate with BMO. Where to start, what to do next, and best practices which won't get you blocked.

Copy of BMO Database

Before you point wget at bmo, we can give you a dump of the database. really. Well, hopefully we will be able to, once we get some privacy issues cleaned up.

Custom Reports

For when advanced searching isn't advanced enough... ask a BMO developer to write you a custom report.

Needinfo Flag

It's good and you should use it.

Whining

Bugzilla can automatically send you buglists (requires canconfirm).

Dashboards

Trying to answer the "what should i do today" question? Go no further than the dashboards.

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