Change Dashbord Application Log

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avatar boxfan Mar 13. 2007. 2:19 pm #1
Anyone know how I can hack the dashboard page to display the application log *with* finished projects included?

I noticed that when I mark a project as finished the log on the dashboard fails to list anything to do with the finished project. I would like the log to display even completed project events.

Looks like project_id in the application_log table gets changed to 0 when the project is completed and so the dashboard must just look for project_id that is not 0.
avatar Ryan Cross Mar 14. 2007. 10:20 pm #2
If you have activity on a completed project, then you are probably not managing your projects correctly or are not using the software the way it was intended.

If you have a "non-active" (i.e. completed) project with updates, then you should set the project back to "active" status and then all those changes will be shown.

avatar Mar 14. 2007. 10:39 pm #3
I didn't say I had activity on a project after it was closed. I want to see the activity history of a project even after it was closed. Just because a project was closed doesn't mean the activities for that project should just disappear.

The activity log on the front page should be a history of what actions were taken over time even if the activities were related to a closed project prior to it being closed.
avatar Ilija Studen Staff Mar 15. 2007. 5:41 am #4
boxfan:
The activity log on the front page should be a history of what actions were taken over time even if the activities were related to a closed project prior to it being closed.


Sorry, but that was not the idea. Activity log is not a history of everything that is done (if it was we would display logins, user creations and so on). It is just a list of recent changes on ACTIVE projects.

Basically - when you mark thing as done you just move on and make place for new, active stuff. There is no valid reason to display information of projects that are marked as finished on the dashboard. Concept of Dashboard is pretty simple - show the stuff that are currently of interest, like a real dashboard.

Project is still accessible (you have them in Administration) so you can go and see its activity log on Overview page.
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