Extended info

Extended info is a feature that allow additional info to be added to certain enteties in the system. (Project, Tool, User)

One entity can have one or several "extended info modules" For example with a project, one extended info could serve as a log for activities, where users can read - and add information - depending on their accesslevel. An other could be financial information, only visible to some users.

The levels are: - Administrator (highest level) - Advanced user (tool responsible, instructor, project manage/leader) - User

An administrator can always read/edit all information. An advanced user have special access to entities which they are responsible of: Tool responsible for their equipment, project manager/leader for their projects - but on other entities, they have the same access as a normal user.

Adding information Adding information is done in two stepts: - Adding a module. - Adding information to the module.

The module is added on the entitys "edit"-page, like: "edit project", "edit tool", "edit user"

Name: The name/header of the module. Description: Short description. This will show up on the page below the header. Accesslevel Read/Write: This is the base-level for the module, that sets who will be able to see it. There is a difference in base-level access and item-access. Item access will be added on the item - and this might differ from base. Ex : You add a module with base-access "User" Then, you add two items with item-access "User", and one item with item-access "Admin". Then, you add a module with base-access "Advanced user", with two items with item-access "User". In this case: A user can only see the two items belonging to the module with base-access "User" - so there is no point setting a item-access lower than the base-access.

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