Grouper Developers Forum

[Chris Hyzer <>]

Hey,

I opened this feature request, any thoughts?

https://bugs.internet2.edu/jira/browse/GRP-297

A couple of people at CAMP wondered how people know in grouper what the 
effects of assigning to users to groups or assigning grouper privileges would 
have.  i.e. there are tons of groups and privileges, and maybe an admin has 
permission to assign lots of things, but what are the exact things the person 
should do to assign access?

I think we could have a very simple way to handle this, and could be a 
built-in 2nd generation attribute...  It could be an attribute which could be 
on groups or attributes, which holds some text (currently the limit is 4k... 
maybe that is an issue, or we could suggest putting some text and a link 
there).  Then anyone who has "update" or "admin" privileges on that group or 
attribute would see that attribute's value in the help screen in the UI for 
example...

The end result would be when someone logs in who has access to make updates, 
and they click on the help button in the UI, they will see institution 
specific help based on what they have access to do, potentially with links to 
more documentation.

I wonder if wheel group members would see all help text... leaning in that 
direction...

Thoughts?
Chris

Ps. This is not a high priority... but seems like it could be a quick win if 
we have time / inclination...