Hi Terry,
if you really want to do it, you can find a way to make it work. But it is not straight forward and not what ELOG is made for. Here some ideas how it could work:
- ELOG allows you to have different commands for different users. You could allow "New" and "Edit" for normal users, but "Reply" only for administrators.
- You can use "
Subst on reply <attribute> = <string>" to set a specifc fields only on reply.
- You would hide "status" & "assignee" for new entries or edit
(Show Attributes Edit = <list>), and show a "set status" field instead.
- The line "
Subst on reply status = $set status" would take care, that only an administrator can set "status" with a reply to the original entry (+ a "set assignee" field, etc.). While normal users could set "set status", it would not change the "status" field. You could provide a comment or tooltip to explain that.
- The list view or single entry view should not show the "set status", but only the "status" attribute (
List display = <list>, Show Attributes = <list>).
- Use "
Propagate attribute = status, assignee" to take care, that the original entry gets their fields set accordingly.
This is how you could do what you want. But bugzilla can do a lot more if you are looking for a bug tracking software.
Cheers, Andreas
| Terry L wrote: |
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Hi Eddy,
Thank you for your response. I had a feeling that was the case, but I had high hopes! :) The reason I would like this feature is because I am trying to use ELOG as a software anomaly tracking log, where any user can create an ELOG and fill out "category", "computer" etc, but only administrators can fill out the "status" & "assignee". If I am lucky, this will be an added feature in a future revision.
Thanks again,
-Terry
| Edmund Hertle wrote: |
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Hey Terry,
I don't think this is possible, since in general you cannot define config settings in a way that it would only affect specific users. For example, you also cannot have different themes for different users (as stated here: https://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/68112 )
Cheers
eddy
| Terry L wrote: |
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Good Morning,
I would like to limit the ability to edit certain attributes in an ELOG logbook, depending on the user who is logged in. I.e. if "guest" or a standard "login user" is logged in, I only want to allow the user to edit "attribute1" & "attribute2" of say, 5 attributes. However, if an Admin user or specific user, say "Terry" or "Bob" is logged in, I want to allow ALL 5 attributes to be editable. To expand on this, I may want to even limit the visibility of the attributes as well.
I've read though "Condition Attributes" section of the help page, but it is not clear to me how/if I can do this? Is that section even relevant to what I want to accomplish?
Can anyone provide some guidance?
Thank you for your time & help!
Sincerely,
Terry
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