Hi John, thanks for using XWiki. Notwithstanding Dale's inappropriate commercial plug, there are a couple things you can explore: - Create a process class with a validation status ("under review", "validated"...) [1] - Create a groovy script that listens for changes of the value of the status property and updates a XWikiRights object attached to the page based on the value of the validation status property [2] - -> when the status changes, the script will apply appropriate rights to the page - -> you can list only "validated" on the homepage of one of your Hope this helps, Guillaume [1] http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/FAQTutorial [2] http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Title+Post+Processing+… On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Dale Amon <amon(a)vnl.com> wrote:

Hi John, Since we program such functionalities in Java components and not in scripts I cant give you details on how to do it in Groovy, but I hope I can explain Guillaume's idea of the script. I think his idea was the following: Register a listener to the save action. Doing this, your script / method will always be called when a document gets saved. When that happens you check for the saved document the field on your ApprovalStatusClass and change the view rights on the document accordingly if a change happened. So, if the reviewer checked a document and changes the status to approved you change the view rights of this document. I hope this clarifies Guillaume's idea a bit ... and I understood the idea correctly ;-) Edo On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Campbell, John <John.Campbell(a)viasat.com> wrote:

Hi, Guillaume and Edo. Thanks for the clarification, Edo. I'm pretty sure I understand the concepts here now. I have one document template that I'll be using for all of my process documents, and I added the following line to the bottom of the template: {{include document="XWiki.ApprovalStatusSheet"/}} I have tested it, and it appears that each new document using that template includes that element, so that takes care of my first question about being able to attach the class to the template. :) As for my other two questions, allow me to follow up a bit: Guillaume, I have gone into edit mode on the XWiki.ApprovalStatusClass, and I see where I set the Values for the class, but I don't see where I can set the default. Do you know of any examples you can point me to in the documentation that might illustrate where I need to go and what I need to do more thoroughly? So this is something I would include in the Xwiki.ApprovalStatusSheet? This is what is currently in that sheet: {{velocity}} #set($class = $doc.getObject('XWiki.ApprovalStatusClass').xWikiClass) #foreach($prop in $class.properties) ; $prop.prettyName : $doc.display($prop.getName()) #end {{/velocity}} It sounds like you're saying that the $xwiki.isUserInGroup('XWiki.SomeGroup') API will do a check to see if the user is in the correct group, and if so, then the subsequent lines of code will execute, making that field visible. Is my understanding correct? Is there a way to make the ApprovalStatus class display as a drop-down box for supervisors/admins? I'm sorry for all the questions, but I'd really like to be able to demonstrate this functionality to my manager. I think XWiki is ideal for this project, but having this functionality is critical. I sincerely appreciate all the help. John -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Guillaume Lerouge Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 7:09 AM To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Approval process for user edits? Hi John, Edo, please see my replies below. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Edo Beutler <ebeutler(a)synventis.com> wrote: Absolutely, that's exactly what I meant :-) However, given that John is not a developer I'm afraid this solution is going a bit tough for him to implement by himself. Edo That's a good start :-) Yes, all 3 are feasible. You'd need to write a script to find all such pages and automatically add an object of the right type to the pages. You can also do this manually using the object editor. This can be set either by your script and/or by doing it manually through the object editor. This is something you can achieve in the sheet using the $xwiki.isUserInGroup('XWiki.SomeGroup') API: {{velocity}} #if($context.user.isUserInGroup('XWiki.SomeGroup')) your code goes here #end {{/velocity}} Please see Edo's clarification above. Hope this helps, Guillaume _______________________________________________ users mailing list users(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users

Hello again, Guillaume. Thanks for all the help. I'm still trying to get this working. Currently, the only thing in the template document that deals with this class is the bit I added that reads: {{include document="XWiki.ApprovalStatusSheet"/}} Do I modify this line to set the default value? If so, how? I don't see any other ways to set the default. Please forgive my code ignorance... I can look at some code and probably come close to figuring out what it does, but I don't know settings, values, commands, etc. at all. Okay, if I have two groups, XWikiUsersGroup and XWikiAdminGroup, do I need two lines where I say: #if($context.user.isUserInGroup('XWiki.NameOfGroup')) Status: $doc.display('status') So this status will display for each group? Am I even reading this right? Does doc.display mean that the field will display on the document, or is it just setting the value based on the group? I thought I had that operating correctly, Guillaume. In the class editor, I have the following settings for the Status static list property: Name: Status Pretty Name: Status Custom Display: Approval status: Display Type: select Size of the corresponding form element in edit mode: 1 Multiselect separators: ,| Cache: checked Values: In review|Approved|Rejected Is there a setting I have missed or have overlooked in some way? Again, sorry for all the questions, but this functionality is the last obstacle in getting this project really going, and I feel like I'm so close to success here. Thanks again, John