container role access

hello,
can a container in a datacapture be viewable only to specific roles, any suggestion on how to perform this will be apreciated. I want this continer to be view only by master role when creating a new or editing datacapture.
thank you

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ISCBorisB

hello,
can a container in a datacapture be viewable only to specific roles, any suggestion on how to perform this will be apreciated. I want this continer to be view only by master role when creating a new or editing datacapture.
thank you

No, it can not. I believe you've already asked few days ago, trust me nothing changed since.

What you can do is to keep Data with the limited access outside of DCR. The format depends on what
you need, it can be another DCR, XML, DB Table and whatnot. From the *root* DCR you would then access
this information using CGI Callout, CGI script would have to validate User's credentials and politely
refuse unauthorized access

Alternatively, you can perhaps manipulate items' visibility via FormAPI. Note however that this mechanism
is ignored in the View mode leaving your information visible (not editable though)

Phanie

Refer to this thread, looks like it was by you..
http://devnet.interwoven.com/forums_vb/showthread.php?t=21123&forumid=13

Using FormAPI we can get it to work to a certain extent using getUser(), getRoles() and making the container ReadOnly.

ravio

I can think of following ways to implement what you described,
You could choose something along these lines depending on your implementation and setup and how much time you want to invest in it being creative about the whole deal Smiley Wink

A]
1. onFormInit do the getRole(); to find user role and use
2. IWDatacapture.getItem( "/PATH/TO/YOUR/CONTAINER").setVisible(false);

B]
1. use a CGI callout to display the role-based fields
2. use the iw_role environment variable to display the required container field items

C]
1. use the getRole() formapi function and set your container to 'isCollapsed' state 'onFormInit' for unauthorized roles,
2. Then use the 'onCollapseOrExpand' event to watch this container and set it to 'isCollapsed' for an unauthorized role

D]
1.Use an inline callout script to populate your container
2. In the script get the user role by using something like this: $role = $ENV{IW_ROLE};
3. Then populate the container by returning it within tags or return empty tags

HTH

ISCBorisB

I can think of following ways to implement what you described,
You could choose something along these lines depending on your implementation and setup and how much time you want to invest in it being creative about the whole deal

A]
1. onFormInit do the getRole(); to find user role and use
2. IWDatacapture.getItem( "/PATH/TO/YOUR/CONTAINER").setVisible(false);

B]
1. use a CGI callout to display the role-based fields
2. use the iw_role environment variable to display the required container field items

C]
1. use the getRole() formapi function and set your container to 'isCollapsed' state 'onFormInit' for unauthorized roles,
2. Then use the 'onCollapseOrExpand' event to watch this container and set it to 'isCollapsed' for an unauthorized role

D]
1.Use an inline callout script to populate your container
2. In the script get the user role by using something like this: $role = $ENV{IW_ROLE};
3. Then populate the container by returning it within tags or return empty tags

HTH

A and B were mentioned before. C is absurd, sorry.
D will never work. In it you are changing DCT on the fly. If a regular user modifies a DCR, "hidden" items are gone upon 'Save'.
'Master' that opens a DCR after that will get "hidden" items empty

Migrateduser

i got the user role in the form using:

script>
<br> var role = IWDatacapture.getRole () ;<br>
/script>

The container that I want to display is populated from:

inline command="c:/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl c:/iw-home/custom/callouts/callout_example.pl" />

It will be populated only if role is master. can that pl be called inside the script if conditionals true, master = master

moonkhanna

Guys, kind of surprised with the responses. Dont the "allowed" tag work for containers? Even if not, use it on the item level.. whats the problem here?

Phanie

query by alxtech was to make the entire container viewable to master only...

we cant have "allowed" for container according to DTD.