Service "Execute As" button (for administrators)

[bbeuckSIG]

My regular user has admin permissions but I also use it for development within Thingworx. 1. this is covenient and 2. we are using Single Sign On which makes switching between users difficult.

While developing I often run into the situation that I either forget to set permissions or that I am not sure which permissions are necessary for other users. That also leads to the famous "But it works for me" situations.

I suggest to add a second button for Services next to "Execute": The "Execute As" button. It shall only be available for authorized users (administrators) and allows executing a Service with any other user to test the result, possible different pathes, permissions etc. 

This makes testing much easier, especially in environments using Single Sign On.

[Constantine]

Hello @bbeuckSIG,

[Shameless plug] Check out TwxUnit (https://github.com/vilia-fr/twxunit), it allows doing this:

assertHasPermissions("Alice", function() {
    // Everything here is executed under Alice user
    Things["SystemRepository"].GetFileListingWithLinks();
}, "Alice can't get the list of files!");

Regards,

Constantine 

[bbeuckSIG]

Hello @Constantine , 

this indeed looks interesting. Thanks for the hint, I will check it out soon.

[olivierlp]

Will consider for future release.

[olivierlp]

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