[IM] "deferred relationship" between items possible?

[JensN.]

Hi @all,

today some users came to me and asked me if following would be possible:

We have amongst others two itemtypes in our changemanagement: lib-request and package-request. The lib-request has a relationship-field, which can hold some of the package-requests. The idea was that user a could place a package-request into the relationship-field of the lib-request, but this should be some kind of deferred relationship, and user B has to confirm (or negotiate) this relationship. Is this possible (without a third request)?

Thanks, Jens

[mrump · Accepted solution]

Hi Jens,

What about 2 relationship fields in the lib-request (like "proposed Relation" and "accepted Relation") and a kind of "staging/review" workflow?

Only one of the Fields (proposed Relation) is editable by the users, the other one is read only (except for your scripting accound)

Write a trigger script that copies the Relatiionship from one field to the other, in case the triggers run conditions are met (e.g. a State change to "confirmed")?

HTH Matthias

[JensN.]

Hi Matthias,

thanks for your hint, this looks promising.

kind regards, Jens