I agree, the group shortname could be automatically generated, from the group name. In fact, "group.name" in the database is 128 characters and guaranteed to be unique, by a uniqueness constraint. "group.shortname" is 255 characters (paradoxically, "shortname" is twice the size of "name"!), so we could easily just copy it across at the time of group creation. If a group with that shortname already existed (due to CSV uploads) we could use some kind of simple fix like adding a "2" to the end of it. Since group.shortname is so much longer than group.name, there's plenty of space to do that.
It would also make sense to make the group shortname visible, at least to site/institution admins on the group search page. Perhaps via an extra column on that page. For that matter, you could even make this data visible, even configurable, from the group editing page. Just put it towards the bottom under "advanced". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: Subscription for all Mahara Contrib members https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/826649 Title: Add group shortnames to manually created groups Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Confirmed Bug description: In Mahara 1.5 groups can be created via a CSV file and associated with an institution. Often, however, groups can be created manually, but a CSV upload of the members may be preferred. Thus, it would be good if manually created groups could also have a short name (that is also displayed to the admin) so that members can be added via CSV. This wishlist item needs a bit more thinking because the CSV feature allows institution admins to create groups that are associated with their institution (though it doesn't do anything with that information yet, I think) but not on a site level. Furthermore, if groups already exist, they would need to be assigned a short name. And then who can add members as they are not associated with an institution yet? Furthermore, the CSV upload is also only beneficial if users don't change their user names. An admin must be aware of that or his upload may not work most of the time. Thus, user names should be locked. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/826649/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-contributors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
