[Users] tags?

[Einav Cohen]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Story" <rstory at tislabs.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 11:04:36 AM
> 
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 21:57:21 -0500 (EST) Andrew wrote:
> AC> It's a way of grouping elements together.
> AC> Eg. tag all the product VMs / Hosts
> AC> Then filter by these tags to perform operations just on those.
> AC>
> AC>
> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.3/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#sect-Tags
> 
> Ahh, I keep forgetting that oVirt is basically RHEV... Thanks.
> 
> So I see how it helps to find tagged objects, but not any way to perform
> bulk operations on them. It would be really nice to be able to find all VMs
> tagged as 'webserver' and add/remove a user to all of them in one operation.

Hi Robert, 

actually, what you are asking for should not be limited only to a sub-set 
of objects filtered by tag; we should allow batch operations on any sub-
set of objects, filtered by tags, object name, object's cluster-description 
and/or cpu-consumption. 

bulk operations are available today, typically on actions that don't 
require a dialog interaction (other than confirmation dialog, maybe), 
e.g. Run VM, Stop VM, Maintenance/Activate Host, etc. 

per your example: granting user permissions on an object is done 
in the context of the Permissions sub-tab of that object. 
today, sub-tabs are displayed/associated only with a single item, 
hence sub-tab operations are performed in the context of that single item. 
one way of resolving what you are asking for is to change the sub-tabs to 
support displaying data and performing actions in the context of multiple 
items, rather than a single item. 
We can also try and find other solutions for this particular problem, 
however these solutions will require making the 'Add Permissions" action 
available from another location/context in the GUI (e.g. the VMs main-tab, 
rather than / in addition to the Permissions sub-tab, in which the 'Add 
Permission' action is available today). 

please feel free to open an RFE on this issue: 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=oVirt

Thanks.

> 
> 
> Robert
> 
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