The Trackers page

In any issue tracking application, an issue has a type, such as bug, feature, or support (the default types in Redmine). In Redmine, such issue types are called trackers.

Trackers play an essential role in issue tracking, as they define issue properties, conditions for issue status transitions, field availability, and so on. Thus, a feature should not have the status Fixed and a bug should not have the status Planned.

Trackers can be managed—that is, created, edited, or removed—on the Trackers page of the Administration menu. You can see this page in the following screenshot:

The order of trackers is not insignificant here. The same order is used when listing trackers in application forms. So, the most frequently used trackers or those that you want to be used most often should be on top. To change the order, you can use the green arrow icons: .

The Summary link in the top-right corner opens this page:

On this page, you can select which issue fields should be available for...