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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/09/2011, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2011/9/26 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> I think maybe its really a UI paradigm twist ...
>>
>> Currently we only add orgunits to groups in the orgunitgroup editor.
>> What we need, in the orgunit edit screen, is to show the
>> orgunitgroupsets (attributes) and their corresponding groups (values)
>> and have the means to change the value from there.  This will then
>> have the same 'look and feel' as editing attributes.
>>
>
> We actually allow the users to select groups per group set in the edit
> orgunit window today, at least for the two standard group sets "Type" and
> "Ownership", so this change is not so radical.
> If we can add additional group sets in there dynamically, then I guess we
> have what you suggest.
>
> What we still need is the ability to batch assign orgunits to groups like we
> have in the edit group today, since no one wants to add 8000 facilities to a
> type by opening the edit orgunit window for 8000 orgunits....

Sure.  Wasn't suggesting taking that away.  Just observing that we can
also view the groupset as a coded attribute so we should avoid
implementing it twice.  I think its a win-win situation :-)

>
> Ola
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>>
>> This should also simplify the attribute code as dealing with the coded
>> attribute special case seemed a bit awkward.
>>
>> On 26/09/2011, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> How is a coded attribute different from a groupset?  From a
>> >> dimensionality perspective they realy seem completely identical to me.
>> >>  So should we drop groupsets?  Or implement coded attributes as
>> >> groupsets?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Seems you are right. AttributeOption=Group and Attribute=GroupSet.
>> > Don't think we want to remove group sets but it seems redundant to
>> > have both.
>> >
>>
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