Simplify settings setup for new users

[tcompa]

E.g.

It would be great to be able to say: Use the same user settings as User X

or something similar. This could be done e.g. with fractal-web calling two endpoints one after the other: the standard POST, and a new copy-settings-from-another-user PATCH endpoint.

[tcompa]

Also:

My preferred flow would be: We register a user & add it to the relevant user group. When added there, we get the option to use the user setting from existing users, ordered by user group. And those user groups would be sorted by what the user was added to, "ALL" coming last => If I add a user to research_group_1, it would suggest other people from there to take over the settings

Which can be implemented either as above, or fully client-side - TBD.

[tcompa]

Current situation:

1. User creation page, click "save"
2. Page with two blocks and a common "save" button
   • Block 1 lets you edit user attributes/usergroups
   • Block 2 lets you edit user settings

Possible new situation

1. User creation page, click "save"
2. Page with two blocks and a common "save" button
   • Block 1 lets you edit user attributes/usergroups
   • Block 2 lets you edit user settings
     • We prepare a sorted list of all users, where priority is given to users who belong to one of the usergroups that I am currently adding to the user
     • We add an "Import from another user" button, which opens a modal with a searchable list of users. When one user is selected, the user-settings form is populated with data from that user.
     • Once the form is ready, the admin can edit it and/or save

[zonia3000]

[jluethi]

The interface to this looks great!

One question: Will this also include copying over SSH host, SSH username, SSH Private Key Path, SSH Tasks Dir & SSH Jobs Dir in an SSH deployment? Those are the ones where this feature will be most useful for :)

[zonia3000]

One question: Will this also include copying over SSH host, SSH username, SSH Private Key Path, SSH Tasks Dir & SSH Jobs Dir in an SSH deployment? Those are the ones where this feature will be most useful for :)

Yes!