Ticket Menu Module¶

Ticket menu modules are used to display an additional link in the menu above a ticket. You can write and register your own ticket menu module. There are 4 ticket menus (Generic, Lock, Responsible and TicketWatcher) which come with the OTOBO framework. For more information please have a look at the OTOBO admin manual.

Ticket Menu Module Code Example¶

The ticket menu modules are located under Kernel/Output/HTML/TicketMenu*.pm. Following, there is an example of a ticket menu module. Save it under Kernel/Output/HTML/TicketMenuCustom.pm. You just need 2 functions: new() and Run().

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package Kernel::Output::HTML::TicketMenuCustom;

use strict;
use warnings;

sub new {
    my ( $Type, %Param ) = @_;

    # allocate new hash for object
    my $Self = {};
    bless( $Self, $Type );

    # get needed objects
    for my $Object (qw(ConfigObject LogObject DBObject LayoutObject UserID TicketObject)) {
        $Self->{$Object} = $Param{$Object} || die "Got no $Object!";
    }

    return $Self;
}

sub Run {
    my ( $Self, %Param ) = @_;

    # check needed stuff
    if ( !$Param{Ticket} ) {
        $Self->{LogObject}->Log(
            Priority => 'error',
            Message  => 'Need Ticket!'
        );
        return;
    }

    # check if frontend module registered, if not, do not show action
    if ( $Param{Config}->{Action} ) {
        my $Module = $Self->{ConfigObject}->Get('Frontend::Module')->{ $Param{Config}->{Action} };
        return if !$Module;
    }

    # check permission
    my $AccessOk = $Self->{TicketObject}->Permission(
        Type     => 'rw',
        TicketID => $Param{Ticket}->{TicketID},
        UserID   => $Self->{UserID},
        LogNo    => 1,
    );
    return if !$AccessOk;

    # check permission
    if ( $Self->{TicketObject}->CustomIsTicketCustom( TicketID => $Param{Ticket}->{TicketID} ) ) {
        my $AccessOk = $Self->{TicketObject}->OwnerCheck(
            TicketID => $Param{Ticket}->{TicketID},
            OwnerID  => $Self->{UserID},
        );
        return if !$AccessOk;
    }

    # check acl
    return
        if defined $Param{ACL}->{ $Param{Config}->{Action} }
            && !$Param{ACL}->{ $Param{Config}->{Action} };

    # if ticket is customized
    if ( $Param{Ticket}->{Custom} eq 'lock' ) {

        # if it is locked for somebody else
        return if $Param{Ticket}->{OwnerID} ne $Self->{UserID};

        # show custom action
        return {
            %{ $Param{Config} },
            %{ $Param{Ticket} },
            %Param,
            Name        => 'Custom',
            Description => 'Custom to give it back to the queue!',
            Link        => 'Action=AgentTicketCustom;Subaction=Custom;TicketID=$QData{"TicketID"}',
        };
    }

    # if ticket is customized
    return {
        %{ $Param{Config} },
        %{ $Param{Ticket} },
        %Param,
        Name        => 'Custom',
        Description => 'Custom it to work on it!',
        Link        => 'Action=AgentTicketCustom;Subaction=Custom;TicketID=$QData{"TicketID"}',
    };
}

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Ticket Menu Module Configuration Example¶

There is the need to activate your custom ticket menu module. This can be done using the XML configuration below. There may be additional parameters in the config hash for your ticket menu module.

<ConfigItem Name="Ticket::Frontend::MenuModule###110-Custom" Required="0" Valid="1">
    <Description Translatable="1">Module to show custom link in menu.</Description>
    <Group>Ticket</Group>
    <SubGroup>Frontend::Agent::Ticket::MenuModule</SubGroup>
    <Setting>
        <Hash>
            <Item Key="Module">Kernel::Output::HTML::TicketMenuCustom</Item>
            <Item Key="Name">Custom</Item>
            <Item Key="Action">AgentTicketCustom</Item>
        </Hash>
    </Setting>
</ConfigItem>