hpcc-systems/HPCC-Platform — Issue #806: Allow easier way to store optional attributes not present in the environment
Author: smeda
Created: 2011-10-25 17:38:31+00:00
State: open

When using Wizard to generate the environment, Wizard does not generate the optional parameters for Dali and Thor. However, ConfigMgr still displays the default values so users can edit those values if necessary. Currently, to save an edited value, It needs to be something different than the existing value. So to edited an optional attribute like "filesBasedn", it first needs to be changed to a different value, for example adding a space after "ou=file,ou=ecl", saved by pressing enter and and then edited back to the default value and saved again.

One step can be reduced by allowing the user to save edited values, even if they are same as existing value. However, the user will not be able to differentiate the optional attributes from required ones and will not be able to identify the attributes that are not present in the environment. So the right fix would be to provide a visual indication of the attributes that are not present in the environment and the ability to add them easily. This needs a little bit more thought.