Deskzilla Features
Bugzilla Front-End
Interactive Interface
Deskzilla is a desktop application. It shows search hierarchy, bug list and selected bug on the same screen, provides you with drag-and-drop and other interactive bells and whistles.
Works Offline
Once bugs are downloaded, you can search and modify them and create new bugs even if Bugzilla is not available. Deskzilla stores everything in local database, and synchronizes with the server later.
Search and Navigation
Powerful Search with Complete Boolean Logic
You can search by any combination of filters, grouped by AND, OR and NOT operations.
Search Hierarchy & Counters
Deskzilla lets you organize search queries into hierarchy. When you run "child" query, the results of its "parent" are taken, and query's filter is applied to them.
You can see the number of bugs that satisfy each query. This gives you a customizable perspective on the project state.
Distribution by Field
With several clicks, you can break down bugs by status, by assignee or by other field. Deskzilla will create and maintain a list of sub-queries - one for each field value.
Tabular Distribution
Similar to distribution by field, tabular distribution allows you to break down bugs in two dimensions by choosing parent query and two fields for the axes.
Quick Search
Select a query as the search scope and enter words into the search field. Deskzilla will show you bugs that are in scope (that is, are shown by the selected query), and that also contain the sought words.
Working with Bug Tables
Multiple Tabs with Search Results
You can inspect several bug tables, organized in tabs. Each tab keeps its own bug selection, which allows you to "iterate" through different query results at the same time.
Table Auto-Refresh Mode
When table auto-refresh mode is turned on, bug table gets updated immediately with any changes, which makes it an effective monitor of a given query. When this mode is turned off, changes won't be applied until you press Refresh button, which makes it convenient to step through the table without interruptions.
Arrange Bugs in Hierarchy
You can see bugs arranged in a hierarchy by blocks/depends relationship.
View Comments as a Threaded Discussion
When viewing comments in Guided Table mode, you can see additional "tree" component that provides threaded view of the discussion.
Making Changes
Creating and Modifying Bugs
You can create new bugs and edit existing bugs. When you save changes, you can either immediately upload them to the server, or save them as draft changes to be uploaded or discarded later.
Conflict Resolution
When JIRA Client uploads bug changes to server and sees that the bug has already been changed by someone else, it allows you to merge conflicting changes field-by-field.
Configurable Workflow Actions
To quickly change bug status and relevant attributes, it's possible to apply a workflow action to a bug. A list of applicable workflow actions is available from the pop-up menu in the bug table, or in the special toolbar button.
Workflow actions may be customized by editing file etc/workflow.xml.
Extras
Local Collections
You can put bugs into Favorites or other collections with drag-and-drop. Collections work like folders or tags, allowing you to gather a set of bugs from different queries for later processing.