Suppliers Authorities
Hi,
I am having trouble figuring out how to let users link suppliers (vets/vet clinics) to patients, but not allow them to create new suppliers (i.e. add a new vet or clinic just because they can't find the one they are looking for - which are usually there, they just haven't searched with a wildcard search).
The permissions these roles have are:
Supplier All Acts Create
Supplier All Acts Save
Suppliers Create
Suppliers Save
Suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Adrian
Re: Suppliers Authorities
Adrian - the way we set this up is to have a set of authorities assigned to the role Logistics as follows:
Product Prices Create/Remove/Save
Products Create/Remove/Save
Stock Transaction Create/Remove/Save
Supplier All Acts Create/Remove/Save
Supplier Create/Remove/Save
The Base Role (given to all non-administrator users except those to whom we give the Role 'Look-Only' - which has no authorities) does not include the above authorities.
Hence only users with the Administrator role (which includes Create.All, Remove.All, and Save.all) and the Logistics role can create/remove/save suppliers.
Regards, Tim G
Re: Suppliers Authorities
Hi Tim,
I got it eventually, though I have had to give base role "Supplier Save" authority for staff to be able to save veterinarians/clinics to patient files. By leaving out the others I have been able to stop them adding in new suppliers which is what I was trying to achieve.
Incidentally, do you have a report to list the authorities attached to each role? It is difficult to scroll through those little boxes and get a good overview of what each role does/doesn't have.
Do you have any thoughts about the user authorities project (http://www.openvpms.org/project/enhance-openvpms-user-authorities)? I feel this would go a long way towards tightening the permissions system and help funnel user behaviour in a desirable way.....
Re: Suppliers Authorities
Adrian:
a) report for roles: no - I find that the View (rather than Edit) works nicely
b) authorities project: I think that this is an Extremely worthwhile enhancement, and would recommend it go forward. Unfortunately, it is like renovating the sewerage system - its not a glamour project like the harbour bridge and thus does not attract funding. From our practice manager's point of view, the current system works - ie the toilets still flush so why pay money for a shiny new sewer.
Regards, Tim G