To make templates more reusable, template developers can also reference an additional tracker item (independent from the items the export was started for) that users can select on the UI dialog when starting the export. The information in the optional tracker item can be used to provide additional parameters for the template.

For example, a template can be created that exports selected tasks and their related requirements in a certain release. In this case, the task items can be selected by the UI through any of the tracker views, while the containing release can be provided through the optional parameter field of the export dialogbox.

The field values of the selected tracker item can be accessed as ${fieldname}. For example, ${id}

Item field values can be used only in "query.queryName.cbql" template parameters.