The procedure of filling a new bug is quite simple and has been explained below.
Step 1 − Click on the ‘New’ link, present on the header or the footer or Click on the File a Bug button on the home page as shown in the following screenshot.
Step 2 − Now, select the product group in which the bug is noticed.
Step 3 − After selecting the Product, a form will appear where the user should enter the following details related to the bug −
- Enter Product
- Enter Component
- Give Component description
- Select version
- Select severity
- Select Hardware
- Select OS
- Enter Summary
- Enter Description
- Attach Attachment
Note − The above fields vary as per the customization of Bugzilla. The Mandatory fields are marked with a red asterisk (*).
Step 5 − Once the user starts typing in the Summary, Bugzilla filters the already logged in defects and displays the list to avoid duplicate bugs.
Step 6 − Click on the Submit Bug button to log the bug.
Step 7 − As soon as the user clicks on the Submit bug button, a Bug Id is generated with the details that of bug as that were entered.
Step 8 − The Deadline and the Status will be shown as depicted in the following screenshot.
A user can also add additional information to the assigned bug like URL, keywords, whiteboard, tags, etc. This extra-information is helpful to give more details about the Bug that is created.
- Large text box
- URL
- Whiteboard
- Keywords
- Tags
- Depends on
- Blocks