Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Help understand users and groups

[Dave Hall]

Hi Marcelo,

I do not claim to be an expert on this, but I think I can solve a 
couple of your queries.  Here goes

----- Original Message -----
 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:16:33 +0200
 From: "Marcelo E. Magallon" <address@hidden>
 To: address@hidden
 Subject: [Phpgroupware-users] Help understand users and groups
 Reply-To: address@hidden
 
> Hi,
> 
> [ please Cc: address@hidden ]
> 
> I need some help understanding users and groups.  If you point me to
> TFM I'll gladly R it, but until now I haven't found it.

The manuals are pretty brief, but check out docs.phpgroupware.org 

> 
> We'd like to do this:
> 
>    * Place talks in the calender

Not sure what you mean.  Can't you just add it.

> 
>    * Have external conferences that people are attending to in the
>      calender.
> 

You just add them like any other calendar event.

>    * Have vacation days in the calender

Do you mean public holidays or annual leave?  

If it is public holidays go to admin - under calendar is an 
option 'Calendar Holiday Management', just add the holidays as needed 
in there.

If it is annual leave just add it to the person's calendar.

> 
>    * Have third-party activities in the calendar
> 
> Vacation and conferences are activities that are performe a few 
> people, but are of interest to everyone in our workgroup
> ("Where's Joe this week?" "He's attending a conference in Zurich").
> For external activities is the same.  In the case of local talks, our
> workgroup takes part in the talk (from an internal organizational 
> point of view, I'm not talking about PGW's view of it).
> 
> Now, how do I implement this in PGW?  In the case of vacations, 
> if I
> make an entry for myself, I can see it, but other people in my group
> can't.  I tried adding "Read" rights to my group via ACLs and the
> effect is confusing.  If I do that, my username appears in the "User"
> drop-down menu of other people in my group, along with the group 
> name. If they select the group name they don't see the activities 
> where only
> I participate (I can understand that).  If they select my name, they
> can see the entries where I participate.

That's how it works for me.

> 
> The confusing part comes when I create a new appointment where the
> group participates.  PGW apparently expands the group "people" to 
> "joe, john and mary" instead of using just "people" for the 
> appointment.  If
> later I add a new user to the group, he can't read the 
> appointment, but
> he can see it.
> 

Sorry never tried it, but I think it is working as it should.

> Can someone provide some hints about how to implement what I want to
> do?

I hope this has helped

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marcelo
> 
> PS: My apologies in advance if my explaination isn't clear 
> enough, I've
> got a cold and I can't think straight.

I feel like I have missed something.  

Cheers

skwashd
Dave Hall

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