¶ eBot

¶ Overview

eBot is an intelligent bot for interacting with eTask and eBug through conversations, which provides an easy way to view, edit, or open a task in the Posts tab.

From the Posts tab, type “@eTask”, and then choose eTask.

Choose “What can I do?”

¶ Find a task

On the Posts tab, type “@eTask” and choose eTask, and then click on “Find a Task”.

Use a keyword to find a task.

Task will be embedded onto Posts tab.

1. Open Task: Microsoft Teams will be directed to that task in eTask tab.

2. Attached message (Optional): Write a comment or tag someone to improve concentration.

3. Send: Send the whole message onto Posts tab.

¶ Find a bug

On the Posts tab, type “@eTask” and choose eTask, and then click on “Find a Bug”.

Use a keyword to find a bug.

Bug will be embedded onto Posts tab.

1. Open Bug: Microsoft Teams will be directed to that bug in eBug tab.

2. Attached message (Optional): Write a comment or tag someone to improve concentration.

Send: Send the whole message onto Posts task

¶ Task

¶ View tasks by properties

View recently added tasks:

View the list of recently added tasks.

Syntax: @etask˽tasks

Example

eTask tasks

View tasks by title

View the list of tasks which contains desired input.

Syntax: @etask˽tasks/name/

Example

eTask tasks/name/Task1

Result

View tasks that being assigned to user

View the list of tasks being assigned to me.

Syntax: @etask˽tasks/my

Example

eTask tasks/my

View tasks by priority

View the list of tasks which has tasks priority =

Syntax: @eTask˽tasks/priority/

Example

eTask tasks/priority/high

View tasks have specific status

View the list of tasks which has tasks status =

Syntax: eTask˽tasks/status/

Example

eTask tasks/status/in-progress

View tasks being assigned to someone

View the list of tasks which has tasks assignee = accountName.

Syntax: eTask˽tasks/assigned/

Example

eTask
tasks/assigned/alex@anadea

List of tasks assigned to Alex Burley.

¶ Tasks actions

Clone a task

Clone a task which has same properties as task {id}.

Syntax: eTask˽task/clone/

Example

eTask task/clone/123

New task will have the same properties as the task with ID is 123.

Synchronize eTask to Outlook

Synchronize “My tasks” from eTask to Outlook TODO list.

Syntax: eTask˽task/sync/outlook

Update a task with specific ID

Update status:

Change status of task {id} into {input}.

Syntax: eTask˽task/update/{id}/status/

Example

eTask task/update/123/status/completed

Change status of task 123 into “Completed”.

Update assignee:

Change assignee of task {id} to {accountName}.

Syntax: eTask˽task/update/{id}/assigned/

Example

eTask task/update/123/assigned/alex@anadea

Change assignee of task 123 to “Alex Burley”.

Update priority:

Change priority of task {id} to {input}.

Syntax: eTask˽task/update/{id}/priority/

Example

eTask/task/update/123/priority/high

Change priority of task 123 to “high”.

¶ Bug

eBot will interact with eBug when choosing “bugs”.

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1. Type in the command for eBot.

2. Bugs will be shown on Posts tab as shown below:

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¶ View bugs by properties

1. View recently added bugs.

View the list of recently added bugs.

Syntax: @etask˽bugs

Example

eTask bugs

1. View bugs by title

View the list of bugs which contains desired input.

Syntax: @etask˽bugs/name/

Example

eTask bugs/name/Bug1

Result:

1. View bugs that being assigned to user

View the list of bugs being assigned to me.

Syntax: @etask˽bugs/my

Example

eTask bugs/my

1. View bugs by priority

View the list of bugs which has bugs priority =

Syntax: @eTask˽bugs/priority/

Example

eTask bugs/priority/high

1. View bugs have specific status

View the list of bugs which has bugs status =

Syntax: eTask˽bugs/status/

Example

eTask bugs/status/in-progress.

1. View bugs being assigned to someone

View the list of bugs which has bugs assignee = accountName.

Syntax: eTask˽bugs/assigned/

Example

eTask
bugs/assigned/alex@anadea

List of bugs assigned to Alex Burley.

¶ Bugs actions

1. Clone a bug

Clone a bug which has same properties as bug {id}.

Syntax: eTask˽bug/clone/

Example

eTask bug/clone/123

New bug will have the same properties as the bug with ID is 123.

1. Synchronize eTask to Outlook

Synchronize “My bugs” from eTask to Outlook TODO list.

Syntax: eTask˽bug/sync/outlook

1. Update a bug with specific ID

Update status:

Change status of bug {id} into {input}.

Syntax: eTask˽bug/update/{id}/status/

Example

eTask bug/update/123/status/completed

Change status of bug 123 into “Completed”.

Update assignee:

Change assignee of bug {id} to {accountName}.

Syntax: eTask˽bug/update/{id}/assigned/

Example

eTask bug/update/123/assigned/alex@anadea

Change assignee of bug 123 to “Alex Burley”.

Update priority:

Change priority of bug {id} to {input}.

Syntax: eTask˽bug/update/{id}/priority/

Example

eTask/bug/update/123/priority/high.

Change priority of bug 123 to “high”.

¶ Help

Type “help” to view a list of available commands for eBot.

1. Type: “@eTask” and choose eTask, then type “help”.

2. Click “send” to command the bot.