Continuation of the review of roles in Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal
Abstract: This article provides a deep dive into the user roles shipped with Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal. Included are screen captures of the user interface (UI) for the welcome page and each of the nine Lotus Quickr components shipped with Lotus Quickr with respect to the four Lotus Quickr roles with the default settings. The purpose of this article is to guide customers who are adopting Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal and need to map or plan user roles.
Table of contents:
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Part 1 of this article
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Project tasks Component
A project task list is used to store a set of tasks relating to a team or project. The items that appear on the project tasks component are determined by the user’s role. Here is a screen capture of the project tasks component:
The project tasks component is built based upon the role of the logged in user in the place in which the project tasks resides. The following table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
| Manager | Editor | Contributor | Reader |
| Edit Shared Settings | X |
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| New Task | X | X | X |
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| Subscribe to this feed | X | X | X |
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| Settings | X |
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| Add a Comment… | X | X | X | X |
| Edit a task created by this user | X | X | X |
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| Edit a task created by any user | X | X |
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| Edit a comment by this user | X | X | X | X |
| Edit a comment by any user | X | X |
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| Delete a comment by this user | X |
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| Delete a comment by any user | X |
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| Delete a task created by this user | X | X | X |
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| Delete a task created by any user | X |
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Team calendar Component
A team calendar is used to store a set or events or milestones relating to a team or project. The items that appear on the team calendar component are determined by the user’s role. Here is a screen capture of the team calendar component:
The team calendar component is built based upon the role of the logged in user in the place in which the team calendar resides. The following table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
| Manager | Editor | Contributor | Reader |
| Edit Shared Settings | X |
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| Create | X | X | X |
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| Subscribe to this team calendar | X | X | X | X |
| Copy Links… | X | X | X | X |
| Help | X | X | X | X |
| Edit an event/milestone created by this user | X | X | X |
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| Edit an event/milestone created by any user | X | X |
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| Delete an event/milestone created by this user | X | X | X |
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| Delete an event/milestone created by any user | X |
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Note: There are no comments in the team calendar component.
Discussion Forums Component
A discussion forum is used to create forums relating to a team or project. The items that appear on the discussion forums component are determined by the user’s role. Here is a screen capture of the discussion forums component:
The discussion forums component is built based upon the role of the logged in user in the place in which the discussion forums resides. The following table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
| Manager | Editor | Contributor | Reader |
| Edit Shared Settings | X |
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| New Forum | X | X | X |
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| Settings | X |
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| Edit a forum/topic/post created by this user | X | X | X |
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| Edit a forum/topic/post created by any user | X | X |
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| Delete a forum/topic/post created by this user | X | X | X |
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| Delete a forum/topic/post created by any user | X |
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Note: There are no comments in the discussion forums component.
Library Component
Libraries are collection containers for document files and other media files, such as video or audio files. The items that appear on the library component are determined by the user’s role. Here is a screen capture of the library component:
The library component is built based upon the role of the logged in user in the place in which the library resides. The following table denotes with an X which items will appear based on the user’s role:
| Manager | Editor | Contributor | Reader |
| Edit Shared Settings | X |
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| Create | X | X | X |
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| Upload | X | X | X | X* |
| Edit Library Properties | X |
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| Manage Library Elements | X |
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| Add to Lotus Quickr connectors | X | X | X | X |
| Subscribe to this library | X | X | X | X |
| Copy Links… | X | X | X | X |
| Help | X | X | X | X |
| Drag desktop files and folders here | X | X | X | X |
| Add a comment… | X | X | X | X |
| Edit a comment by this user | X | X | X | X |
| Edit a comment by any user | X | X |
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| Delete a comment by this user | X | X | X | X |
| Delete a comment by any user | X |
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| Actions on document created by this user |
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| Edit Document | X | X | X |
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| View Document | X | X | X |
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| Download | X | X | X |
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| Check Out | X | X | X |
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| Edit Properties | X | X | X |
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| Replace | X | X | X |
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| Rename | X | X | X |
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| Copy to… | X | X | X |
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| Move to… | X | X | X |
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| Delete | X | X | X |
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| Convert | X | X | X |
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| Set Access | X | X | X |
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| Clear All Comments | X | X | X |
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| Actions on document created by any user |
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| Edit Document | X | X |
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| View Document | X | X | X |
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| Download | X | X | X | X |
| Check Out | X | X |
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| Edit Properties | X | X |
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X* This option is available to select, however, it fails because a Reader is not allowed this ability.
Resources
To learn more about Lotus Quickr, you can consult the following resources:
Lotus Quickr Information Center
Lotus Quickr Wiki
About the author
Christina Cruz is an Advisory Software Engineer at the IBM office in Atlanta, Georgia. Over her 11-year career at IBM, she has been a core contributor to the development of several software projects. Today Christina is a Software Engineer for the Lotus Quickr services for WebSphere Portal Level 2 support team. She received a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. For technical questions or comments about the content of this article contact the author, Christina Cruz, at
ccruz@us.ibm.com.