[rt-users] Global Default Search Display Options? Is this possible?

[Justin Hayes]

Hmm I've hacked User_Overlay.pm to create the preference when  
creating a new user. Not sure if there's a better way but it seems to  
work.... Still no default option either.

rt at ceres:~/local/lib/RT$ diff ../../../lib/RT/User_Overlay.pm  
User_Overlay.pm
327a328,339
 >     # need to hack in out custom display columns preferences
 >     # so users get a nice 1-line results display rather than the  
default 2-line
 >     my $attr = RT::Attribute->new ($self->CurrentUser);
 >     my ($attr_id, $attr_msg) = $attr->Create (Name => "Pref- 
SearchDisplay", Content =>  
"BQcDAAAABBcPQVNDfEFTQ3xBU0N8QVNDAAAABU9yZGVyFwJpZAAAAAdPcmRlckJ5FwI1MAA 
AAAtSb3dzUGVyUGFnZRgAAAFqJyAgIDxCPjxBIEhSRUY9Ii9UaWNrZXQvRGlzcGxheS5odG1 
sP2lkPV9faWRfXyI 
+X19pZF9fPC9hPjwvQj4vVElUTEU6IycsDQonX19RdWV1ZU5hbWVfXycsDQonX19TdGF0dXN 
fXycsDQonX19Qcmlvcml0eV9fJywNCic8Qj48QSBIUkVGPSIvVGlja2V0L0Rpc3BsYXkuaHR 
tbD9pZD1fX2lkX18iPl9fU3ViamVjdF9fPC9hPjwvQj4vVElUTEU6U3ViamVjdCcsDQonPHN 
tYWxsPl9fUmVxdWVzdG9yc19fPC9zbWFsbD4nLA0KJzxzbWFsbD5fX0NyZWF0ZWRSZWxhdGl 
2ZV9fPC9zbWFsbD4nLA0KJ19fT3duZXJOYW1lX18nLA0KJzxzbWFsbD5fX0xhc3RVcGRhdGV 
kUmVsYXRpdmVfXzwvc21hbGw 
+JywNCidfX1Jlc29sdmVkUmVsYXRpdmVfXycAAAAGRm9ybWF0", ContentType =>  
"storable", ObjectType => "RT::User", ObjectId => "$id", Object =>  
$self);
 >
 >     unless ($attr_id) {
 >         $RT::Logger->crit("Could not add search display preference  
on user creation. Aborted");
 >         $RT::Logger->crit($attr_msg);
 >         $RT::Handle->Rollback();
 >         return ( 0, $self->loc('Could not create user') );
 >     }
 >

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Justin Hayes
Support Manager
justin.hayes at orbisuk.com



On 7 Jun 2007, at 09:51, Justin Hayes wrote:

> I'm using 3.6.3. You can set up a global default At A Glance layout  
> in the options, which is great.
>
> However I can't find any way to set up a global set of 'Search  
> Options' ie the columns returned by searches.
>
> I don't like the 2-line display and also want to change columns  
> shown for my users, some of which work in other companies to mine.  
> I don't want to have to update the preferences for a user every  
> time I add one, and if they alter their own there seems to be no  
> way for them to reset back to a default.
>
> Currently I'm inserting a Pref-SearchDisplay row into the  
> Attributes table when migrating users from my current system, but  
> once the migration is done and we're live I don't want to have to  
> be hacking the DB data to reset a user's options.
>
> Any help appreciated.....
>
> Justin
>
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> justin.hayes at orbisuk.com
>
>
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