[Portfolio] View Guidance Permission in Matrix Cells

[Marc Zaldivar]

+1 also.  Often, it would be those ³outside² reviewers who might need to see
the guidance the most, I¹d think.

Marc


On 6/9/09 4:49 PM, "Ward, Lynn E." <leward at iupui.edu> wrote:

> +1
> I¹m all for keeping the permissions as transparent as possible. Since we don¹t
> have an editable permission for viewing guidance attachments  (and since in
> past releases anyone who could view the cell could also view attachments),
> let¹s get rid of whatever is preventing invited reviewers from viewing
> guidance attachments.
>  
> 
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> From: portfolio-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> [mailto:portfolio-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Maurer,
> Christopher Wayne
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:34 PM
> To: Sean Keesler; Holladay, Bryan Andrew
> Cc: portfolio at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Portfolio] View Guidance Permission in Matrix Cells
>  
> Yeah, I couldn¹t either.  It would sure simplify/clean up a bit of that code.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> On 6/9/09 4:22 PM, "Sean Keesler" <sean at keesler.org> wrote:
> I can't think of a good reason to keep guidance secret from anyone.
> 
> --Sean
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Holladay, Bryan
> Andrew<bahollad at indiana.edu> wrote:
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I¹m working on an issue with user¹s not being able to view Guidance because
>> > of incorrect permission checking in the matrix authorizer.  Since IU¹s
>> > changes to the permissions of the matrix, there are exceptions where a
>> users
>> > are not being allowed to view matrix guidance attachments.  Case:  A user
>> > w/o any permissions in the matrix (can¹t eval, review, ect) except a user
>> > has selected that person for feedback and can access the cell via the email
>> > link.  In this case, the ³reviewer² can¹t view Guidance since the matrix
>> > authorizer doesn¹t have the WizardPage Id to check if that ³reviewer² has
>> > been selected by the cell owner to review their cell.
>> >
>> > Now that I set up my problem, my question is:  Do we need to have
>> permission
>> > checks to see if a user can view Guidance Attachments in the matrix cells?
>> >  If you can get into a matrix cell, shouldn¹t you be allowed to view the
>> > Guidance?  Is there a case where you can access the cell and not view the
>> > Guidance?  If not, then I recommend removing these extra permission checks,
>> > helping speed up some load time. :)
>> >
>> > Vote?  Input?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bryan
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