Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Peter DiCamillo <>]

Thanks for the quick fix and example code. I updated from svn, changed 
the code for the attribute values I wanted, and it works great now.

Peter

On 8/3/12 1:47 AM, Chris Hyzer wrote:
> Unfortunately the subject query method that the UI uses wasnt calling the 
> subject filter in 2.1.1.  I fixed this and tested in 2.1.2 (currently in the 
> svn branch GROUPER_2_1_BRANCH)
>
> I used the subject customizer Java class (attached).  I configured it in the 
> grouper.properties:
>
> # customize subjects by implementing this interface: 
> edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.subj.SubjectCustomizer
> # or extending this class: 
> edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.subj.SubjectCustomizerBase (recommended)
> # note the instance will be reused to make sure it is threadsafe
> subjects.customizer.className = 
> edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.subj.decoratorExamples.SubjectCustomizerForDecoratorUiDisplay
>
> I configured the media.propeties (note that for the lite UI you need to edit 
> the grouper/media.properties and not the custom/media.properties, see 
> GRP-829):
>
> # for jdbc subjects in admin ui
> subject.display.jdbc=uiLabel
>
> # lite display settings
> grouperUi.subjectImg.screenEl.1 = ${subject.getAttributeValue('uiLabel')}
>
> Then I created the group (you can change this in the java source): 
> etc:privilegedGroup, and added some users to it.
>
> When I logged in as those users, I saw a different display more info), than 
> when I logged in as users not in that group.  If you can pull Grouper and 
> Grouper-UI from the branch, try it out.  Otherwise, 2.1.2 should be out 
> shortly :)
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
>
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> Subject: [grouper-users] Using a custom attribute for subject display
>
> We're upgrading to Grouper 2.1.1, and I'm trying to improve how we
> display subjects in the Grouper UI. Ideally, I'd like to display either:
>     lastname, firstname     or
>     lastname, firstname (internal_id)
> The internal id is confidential, but very convenient for privileged
> staff who are allowed to access it. Grouper would include the internal
> id in subject displays when a session's subject is privileged.
>
> I tried to do this by defining a new attribute for subjects, and
> specifying it for the source's subject.display attribute in
> media.properies. First I tried to add the attribute to subjects using an
> override for decorateSubjects. However, I never saw decorateSubjects
> being called for subject display. After that, I tried overriding
> filterSubjects, and adding the attribute to the subjects' attribute
> maps. That worked for search results, but didn't work for group
> membership results. Finally, while still using filterSubjects, I tried
> defining a virtual attribute from the added attribute, and that didn't
> work at all.
>
> Is there a way to do what I want to do, or is it to too ambitious? The
> new video regarding this topic was very helpful, and gave me the idea
> this might be possible. Even if it isn't, I'm impressed by what clearly
> is possible now.
>
> Peter