[Contrib: Evaluation System] Reporting on hierarchy node specific items

[Will Humphries]

What would everyone think about the following change...

Reports only display items which are associated with a hierarchy node if 
that hierarchy node is above *at least 1* of the eval groups the report 
is assigned to.

I'm not sure about the cleanest and best performing way to make that 
change, but I'd like to see if it seems like a good idea before I try 
anything out. Are there any other schools using (or planning to use) 
hierarchy who will rely on the tool's out-of-the-box reporting for some 
users for some period of time?


Here's an example, if it's not clear what this change would do

I set up a hierarchy like this:
Virginia Tech
|__College of Natural Resources (assigned group: Intro to Natural Resources)
|__College of Engineering (assigned group: Engineering is Fun)
|__College of Arts (assigned group: Art History)

I make a template with the following items:
1. Rate your school (no hierarchy node)
2. Rate your fun with Engineering (College of Engineering node)
3. Rate your love of the Arts (College of Arts node)

I assign the evaluation to the Virginia Tech node.

A report is generated for 2 groups: Intro to Natural Resources and 
Engineering is fun.
Current behavior: Items 1, 2, and 3 are shown. Item 3 will have 0 
responses, since noone in the two groups this report is for could see it.
Proposed behavior: Items 1 and 2 are shown. Since Item 3 is assigned to 
a node which is not above any of the groups this report is for, it is 
not shown.

-Will

On 11/12/10 4:46 PM, Richard C. Moyer II wrote:
> Will,
>
> 	This is correct, control reporting doesn't recognize the hierarchy, just the overall template.
>
> 	So you'll see all items, but only responses that relate to the groups hierarchy tree.
>
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 3:03 PM
> To: evaluation at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: [Contrib: Evaluation System] Reporting on hierarchy node specific items
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> We've got a hierarchy that looks like this:
>
> Virginia Tech
>     |__College of Natural Resources
>         |__Fisheries and Wildlife
>         |__Forestry
>
> We have several groups assigned to each of the two last nodes. We
> assigned a template with an item that are specific to Forestry. This
> worked perfect when taking the evaluation - students in Forestry saw the
> Forestry item, and answered it. Students in Fisheries didn't see the
> Forestry item, which is good.
>
> When an instructor in Forestry views their report, they see the Forestry
> item. When an instructor in Fisheries and Wildlife views their report,
> they *also* see the Forestry item. This means that the report is showing
> all items in the evaluations, even if those items are assigned to a node
> which the group the report is for does not fall under. The item shows up
> as having no responses, but it shouldn't show up at all. If I log in as
> an administrator and generate a report for groups which are not under
> the Forestry node, I get the same incorrect behavior. The Forestry item
> shows up with no responses, even though no members of the groups this
> report is for had the chance to respond to that item.
>
> We're using an alpha of 1.3.0. I'm not sure any other schools are trying
> out hierarchy alongside the tool's out-of-the-box reporting, so I don't
> know if anyone else would have encountered this issue. I'd love to hear
> if anyone else has seen it, or is able to duplicate it. Or if this
> doesn't seem like a bug to you, that'd be good to know too.
>
> -Will
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