XRAS Admins Call meeting notes

Owned by Tolbert, Nathan L
Last updated: Sept 12, 2024
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Sep 12, 2024:

  • New XRAS Features coming almost finished, get feedback:

    • return for corrections

    • hidden submission fields configurable in xras admin

  • Bug fixes:

    • sorting requests by category type didn't honor the "sort order" of categories

    • Views break if resource QA question text too long

  • Feature Requests

    • more support for group-based xras tools (invitation-only opportunities, etc, managed by ldap groups)

    • ad-hoc reports

    • a way to clear the dashboard message bubble for admin comments

    • some sort of shared-between-reviewers comment/status (similar to admin comments?)

June 13, 2024:

  • New XRAS Features

    • resource catalog

    • current projects

    • auto-fill grant (need to ask Michelle what they need)

  • Upcoming work:

    • return for correction

      • make sure reply-to is configuraable

      • be able to document the request without actually pushign it back?

      • some mechanism to chase back to ticket system links?

    • starting to discuss hiding individual fields

    • pulling some of the xras configuration out of cider

  • New Suggestions:

    • J Ray Scott: Is there a way to streamline approval, like possibly an opportunity/allocation type that automatically approves/posts when submitted?

 

Mar 14, 2024:

  • New XRAS Features

    • Grant type

    • Editor for system email addressesq

    • Admin Comments on dashboard

    • Bootstrap 5 default submit

    • Resource Selector

  • Reporting route memory usage: /v1/reports/allocations

  • Requests/suggestions:

    • Please use API versioning whenever major API changes happen

    • Can we manage invitation-only opportunities in an easier way? (either sync with an ldap group, or just hide the invitation but make it available to anyone with a magic link)

    • Request for better tooling for reviewing past usage in xras review

  • Bugs: sorting of admin comments doesn’t work

 

Dec 14, 2023:

  • New XRAS Features:

    • New notification event type: “Each review submitted”

    • Coming soon: new reporting API routes with more detail about requests

    • Coming soon: upgrades

  • Requests/suggestions

    • Option to suppress notifications for a particular admin action

    • Collect publications (many votes for this)

    • Additional customization of which fields appear on submit UI (be able to hide documents, supporting grants, etc, per allocation type)

 

Sep 14, 2023:

  • New XRAS Features

    • Better usage view in XRAS Review

    • Failed email notifications will now appear in the XRAS Admin dashboard (“resend” button coming soon)

  • Upcoming work:

    • “Upgrade” action coming soon, discussed possible use cases for different institutions

      • Yes, this will technically work as a downgrade or any “move between opportunitites”

      • It will require the requester to qualify for the new opportunity type (entering all required field values, etc)

      • New opportunity questions will apply. We won’t have an easy automatic way to match up old question with new questions if they have the same or similar text, but would consider evaluating if this is possible

    • Questions/Suggestions?

      • NCAR would like to autofill NSF grants from grant number

      • TACC is interested in a few more reporting API routes

      • Discussed the best way to see requests that need attention, they should all be on the dashboard.

June 8, 2023: