15 Feb
2011
15 Feb
'11
4:44 p.m.
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
15 Feb
15 Feb
4:51 p.m.
On 15.02.2011 16:44, Anca Luca wrote:
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
I need to mention that the current implementation is 2/ -- which
satisfies very well the usecase A. below -- but it's not too much in the
spirit of the {{include}}, since it implements context=new behaviour for
gadgets reading, although the include macro is using the current context.
Thanks,
Anca
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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4:54 p.m.
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 16:44, Anca Luca <lucaa(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
My take is that the default should be to use the including document as the
default source (solution 1/). If users want another document to be the
source, they can specify it manually.
Rationale: it's the easiest to understand / less cognitive demanding
behavior (I put the dashboard macro on page A, it gets data from page A). As
an user, if I add a dashboard on a page and I can't see where it takes data
from right away even though I didn't specify a source, I will feel lost. So
it feels natural to me to have behavior 1/ and it's in the spirit of how the
include macro works by default.
Guillaume
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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5:19 p.m.
On 15.02.2011 16:54, Guillaume Lerouge wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 16:44, Anca Luca<lucaa(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
Obviously if you put {{dashboard /}} on page A it will take data from
page A.
The question is, what should happen when you include page A in page B.
Say page B has as content: {{include document="A" /}}
Where should the dashboard defined in page A take objects from when page
B is rendered?
solution 1/ means it would be from document B, unless it's {{include
document="A" context="new" /}}. If you want to be able to include
dashboard defined in the document A as is in a document B, you'll have
some options:
a. you include with context="new" but that means if some stuff in
document A is using $doc, $doc will be A, and not B -- for example will
not work with the current Main.Dashboard included in main webhome and
space webhomes, which uses $doc to figure out if it's on the
Main.WebHome or a space dashboard.
b. in page A, instead of {{dashboard /}} you write {{dashboard
source="A" /}} but this makes it really bad when you want to copy
document A (because document name will change but not the dashboard
param) -- usecase C is a little in this spirit
c. in page B, if all you care about is the dashboard and not the rest of
the stuff, you write {{dashboard source="A" /}} instead of {{include
document="A" /}} -- see usecase F.
solution 2/ means it would be from document A.
Thanks,
Anca
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
My take is that the default should be to use the including document as the
default source (solution 1/). If users want another document to be the
source, they can specify it manually.
Rationale: it's the easiest to understand / less cognitive demanding
behavior (I put the dashboard macro on page A, it gets data from page A). As
an user, if I add a dashboard on a page and I can't see where it takes data
from right away even though I didn't specify a source, I will feel lost. So
it feels natural to me to have behavior 1/ and it's in the spirit of how the
include macro works by default.
Guillaume
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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5:37 p.m.
On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
+1 for 1/ + an optional source param, which handles all use cases listed below AFAICS.
For the Main.WebHome, we'll need to decide if we want that dashboard to be the same
for everyone or customizable. If customizable then we'll have
source=$context.getUser().
That said we'll need to provide a default dashboard too so maybe we'll need to
show a default dashboard and have a customize button and when clicked it would copy the
default dashboard's objects to the user's page or something like that...
So the algo could be something like:
{{velocity}}
if current user has dashboard objects then use source="current user ref"
else don't specify a source (ie use objects on the Dashboard page - since it's
included from the Main.WebHome page).
{{/velocity}}
Thanks
-Vincent
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
5:55 p.m.
On 15.02.2011 17:37, Vincent Massol wrote:
On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
There's 2 levels of customizable:
* customizable as in each user with his own dashboard
* customizable as in it can be modified by one user, all users see the
changes, but the changes only impact Main.WebHome and not all the space
WebHomes. Which basically means that when a user changes the
Main.WebHome, it must not modify Main.Dashboard, but something else,
like the Main.WebHome page itself. Which further means that Main.WebHome
by default should contain the gadget objects, not include
Main.Dashboard. Either that or we implement right away the "copy on
customize" mechanism, but I prefer a simpler solution ftm, since I don't
think this can fit in M3. Same for any kind of customization mechanism
other than editing the dashboard document, it won't fit in M3.
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
+1 for 1/ + an optional source param, which handles all use cases listed below AFAICS.
For the Main.WebHome, we'll need to decide if we want that dashboard to be the same
for everyone or customizable. If customizable then we'll have
source=$context.getUser(). That said we'll need to provide a default
dashboard too so maybe we'll need to show a default dashboard and have a customize
button and when clicked it would copy the default dashboard's objects to the
user's page or something like that...
So the algo could be something like:
{{velocity}}
if current user has dashboard objects then use source="current user ref"
else don't specify a source (ie use objects on the Dashboard page - since it's
included from the Main.WebHome page).
{{/velocity}}
This would be the algo for what? Main.WebHome? I don't understand the
else branch very well...
"use objects on the Dashboard page - since it's included from the
Main.WebHome page" doesn't make too much sense:
if a source is not specified, the documents in the current page will be
used upon include. If it's included from the Main.WebHome, it will use
the objects on the Main.WebHome page.
Thanks,
Anca
Thanks
-Vincent
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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4:46 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Discussion] Main.Dashboard backwards compatibility (was Dashboard default behaviour)
On 02/15/2011 04:44 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
Also note that solution 1/ with a source parameter to the dashboard
macro to allow dashboard reusage breaks the backwards compatibility of
Main.Dashboard, since the default include that was used until now
{{include document="Main.Dashboard" /}}
now tries to find the gadget objects in the current document, not in the
Main.Dashboard. It will need to be changed to
{{dashboard source="Main.Dashboard" /}} (according to usecase F about
reusing dashboards).
WDYT?
Thanks,
Anca
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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4:51 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Discussion] Main.Dashboard backwards compatibility (was Dashboard default behaviour)
On 02/16/2011 04:46 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
On 02/15/2011 04:44 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
This can be an issue for the space webhomes of all existing
applications, which need to be modified, if we want to preserve behaviour.
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
Also note that solution 1/ with a source parameter to the dashboard
macro to allow dashboard reusage breaks the backwards compatibility of
Main.Dashboard, since the default include that was used until now
{{include document="Main.Dashboard" /}}
now tries to find the gadget objects in the current document, not in the
Main.Dashboard. It will need to be changed to
{{dashboard source="Main.Dashboard" /}} (according to usecase F about
reusing dashboards).
WDYT?
Thanks,
Anca
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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6:55 p.m.
New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Discussion] Main.Dashboard backwards compatibility (was Dashboard default behaviour)
On 02/16/2011 04:46 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
On 02/15/2011 04:44 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
Another solution is to keep Main.Dashboard as a regular page, not a
dashboard, so that it can be included, and implement real dashboards for
the Main.WebHome, either stored in the document itself, or in some other
general purpose reusable dashboard, such as Main.Dashboard2.
But then users using the wiki and going to "wiki dashboard" will not be
able to edit it as a dashboard, which doesn't make too much sense. Also,
I don't see which other document we could create as a wiki dashboard,
with a name that makes sense. Obviously, Main.Dashboard2 is not even
close to a decent choice.
WDYT?
Thanks,
Anca
Hi devs,
I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
an included document.
It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
(and render in the context of the current document), but now the
question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including doc).
Also note that solution 1/ with a source parameter to the dashboard
macro to allow dashboard reusage breaks the backwards compatibility of
Main.Dashboard, since the default include that was used until now
{{include document="Main.Dashboard" /}}
now tries to find the gadget objects in the current document, not in the
Main.Dashboard. It will need to be changed to
{{dashboard source="Main.Dashboard" /}} (according to usecase F about
reusing dashboards).
WDYT?
Thanks,
Anca
2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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New subject: [xwiki-devs] [Discussion] Main.Dashboard backwards compatibility (was Dashboard default behaviour)
Hi,
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 18:55, Anca Luca <lucaa(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
On 02/16/2011 04:46 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
But then users using the wiki and going to "wiki dashboard" will not be
On 02/15/2011 04:44 PM, Anca Luca wrote:
> Hi devs,
>
> I committed XWIKI-5938 but I think we should discuss the default source
> of the dashboard macro, namely where does it pick the gadget objects to
> display on the dashboard, e.g. in the case of a dashboard macro call in
> an included document.
> It is very easy to add a "source" parameter to the dashboard macro,
> which would tell the dashboard where should it read the objects from
> (and render in the context of the current document), but now the
> question is what should {{dashboard /}} without parameters do?
>
> 1/ read the objects from the current document, which means, in the case
> of an include, it will depend on the context of the include. Note that,
> if an include is done in a new context, then all the gadgets on that
> dashboard will be also relative to the included document (e.g. if they
> use $doc, the $doc will be the included document, not the including
doc).
Also note that solution 1/ with a source parameter to the dashboard
macro to allow dashboard reusage breaks the backwards compatibility of
Main.Dashboard, since the default include that was used until now
{{include document="Main.Dashboard" /}}
now tries to find the gadget objects in the current document, not in the
Main.Dashboard. It will need to be changed to
{{dashboard source="Main.Dashboard" /}} (according to usecase F about
reusing dashboards).
Another solution is to keep Main.Dashboard as a regular page, not a
dashboard, so that it can be included, and implement real dashboards for
the Main.WebHome, either stored in the document itself, or in some other
general purpose reusable dashboard, such as Main.Dashboard2. able to edit it as a dashboard, which doesn't make
too much sense. Also,
I don't see which other document we could create as a wiki dashboard,
with a name that makes sense. Obviously, Main.Dashboard2 is not even
close to a decent choice.
WDYT?
Not implementing the wiki dashboard as an actual dashboard doesn't really
make sense to me either. It's better to find a solution to make it work as a
regular dashboard. If we have no choice but to break backward compatibility,
XE 3.0 is a good time to do so.
Guillaume
Thanks,
Anca
WDYT?
Thanks,
Anca
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2/ read the objects from the closest MetaData.SOURCE, which means the
document from which the content that contains the {{dashboard /}} call
comes from. E.g. in the case of an include, the included document.
WDYT?
There are a lot of possible situations to discuss, I will just present a
few usecases below, to be taken into account when analyzing:
A. The current Main.Dashboard is included in all the WebHomes by
default, but its gadgets refer to the current document (the _including_
document)
B. Users want to be able to easily customize their WebHomes, without
affecting other people (not change the wiki general dashboard, but only
their space dashboard)
C. There is a dashboard somewhere on the wiki, Main.CoolDashboard, and
users want to be able to include that dashboard as a copy, without
having to re-create the dashboard objects on their including page
D. User dashboards: at one point we will want each user to have their
own dashboard on their profile page, which is rendered by a sheet.
Ideally we should have the same user sheet for all users.
E. Also, the user dashboard should be include-able on the Main.WebHome
of a logged in user (a "Home").
F. Since the include doesn't make too much sense for a dashboard
document (since the dashboard document is only a call to a {{dashboard
/}} macro), users will replace its usage with {{dashboard /}} macro
calls, with a source parameter to pick gadget objects from another
document ('reuse' a dashboard definition).
If you can think of more cases that could involve include issues, please
fill them in.
Thanks,
Anca
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