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Feature #2035

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Issue reporter should be editable

Added by Jack Christensen over 15 years ago. Updated over 1 year ago.

Status:
Reopened
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Issues
Target version:
-
Start date:
2008-10-15
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Estimated time:
Resolution:

Description

If someone calls or emails me an issue I need to be able to enter the issue, but have the issue reporter be the person who called or emailed me.


Related issues

Is duplicate of Redmine - Feature #1739: Add ability to change issue authorReopenedGo MAEDA2008-08-04

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Actions #1

Updated by Eric Davis over 15 years ago

+1 It would be nice to have a permission for this so only specific Roles can edit the reporter.

Actions #2

Updated by Thomas Lecavelier over 15 years ago

To prevent abuse, and to keep track of "who did what?", user entering the issue have to be visible, too.
Personnaly, I see this as a plugin (only big companies can have usage of that) :)

Actions #3

Updated by Szabolcs Szasz over 15 years ago

1. Issue "author" (should perhaps be "recorder" or something) is a separate role from the actual issue source, so both should be stored. That would get this sorted.

2. Also, traceability would be OK, if changing the sender will get logged. (Changing other fields are logged already anyway).

3. Coordinators should definitely be able to do this "on behalf" submission. It's pretty awkward now having to add them as watchers, especially, because they are often not project members at all (so you first have to add them, polluting the participant lists, just for letting them be watchers).

So, please, please, don't "outsource" this core function to a plugin.

Thanks!

Actions #4

Updated by Vincent de Lau about 15 years ago

See also: #1739

I would welcome both of these issues.

Actions #5

Updated by Kari Jääskeläinen about 15 years ago

+1 This would be nice for us too

Actions #6

Updated by Peter Edstrom almost 15 years ago

+1

If I get a phone call, walk-up, or direct email, I would like to record the ticket "on behalf of" the author and make myself the assigned-to person. Using watchers will keep everyone in the loop on updates, but will not be properly reflected in the reports (ie, how may issues has person x reported).

I'd suggest making the author modifiable, like the assigned-to, in the "more" section with the ticket title and initial description.

Actions #7

Updated by Kirill Ponomarev over 14 years ago

+1

Actions #8

Updated by Tharuka Pathirana almost 14 years ago

+1 I too think this is important and hope this will be added to the 1.0 Release.

Actions #9

Updated by Fred Eisele over 13 years ago

As mentioned elsewhere...
  • The creator of the issue should be immutable.
  • The solid approach is to make use of the custom fields.
    The problem with the custom fields approach is that it is missing the data types (Format) needed, namely, "User".

"User" would produce a custom field of the same type and behavior as "Assigned To".

Actions #10

Updated by James Rowe over 13 years ago

+1 we do this all the time. We field e-mails from customers who don't feel like using redmine and enter their request in directly.

Actions #11

Updated by Adam Tsiopani over 13 years ago

+1 I often get emails from staff who forget to use the dedicated tracker email and I need to enter their issue into the system and assign them as the ticket owner.

Actions #12

Updated by Michael Steiner about 12 years ago

+1

Actions #14

Updated by Viktor Kuzmin over 11 years ago

+1

Actions #15

Updated by Vinicius Ferreira almost 10 years ago

+1 A user/owner field would be nice, so it would behave like if the person created the issue itself, but the "added by" would be someone else.

Actions #16

Updated by Duong Tran over 9 years ago

+1 The creator (original reporter) of an issue, like any other reporter, should not be changeable.

On the other hand, the owner of an issue, i.e. the person that

  • monitors the issue;
  • acts as the opponent to the Assignee;
  • receives notifications about every update of the issue, without being explicitly listed as a Watcher;
  • may be granted "own issue" privileges, e.g. "Edit own issues" or "Set own issue public/private";
  • may have assigned the special issue visibility "Issues created (i.e. owned) by or assigned to"; and
  • may have granted special workflow privileges listed under "Additional transitions allowed when the user is the author (i.e. owner)"

must be changeable. Just like the Assignee.

The difference is default Assignee = none, but default Owner = Creator.

Actions #17

Updated by Mikael Blom over 9 years ago

+1 Great feature

Actions #18

Updated by Ales Seifert about 9 years ago

+1 Please implement this, we really need to be able to stop emails going to person who created the issue, we have few people who changed their work position and should not get this communication any more. Also it would be great if author could click on unwatch to stop this communication. Even the project wide option which will disable sending any communication to the author could help.

Actions #19

Updated by Carsten S over 7 years ago

+1, would be VERY usefull, please implement it like described in note-16

Actions #20

Updated by JW Fuchs about 7 years ago

Duong Tran wrote:

+1 The creator (original reporter) of an issue, like any other reporter, should not be changeable.

On the other hand, the owner of an issue, i.e. the person that

  • monitors the issue;
  • acts as the opponent to the Assignee;
  • receives notifications about every update of the issue, without being explicitly listed as a Watcher;
  • may be granted "own issue" privileges, e.g. "Edit own issues" or "Set own issue public/private";
  • may have assigned the special issue visibility "Issues created (i.e. owned) by or assigned to"; and
  • may have granted special workflow privileges listed under "Additional transitions allowed when the user is the author (i.e. owner)"

must be changeable. Just like the Assignee.

The difference is default Assignee = none, but default Owner = Creator.

+1

Actions #21

Updated by Go MAEDA over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed

Committed the patch. Thanks to everyone involved in the development of this feature.

  • Members who have "Change issue author" permission can change the author of an issue
  • Changes are recorded in the journal
Actions #22

Updated by Marius BĂLTEANU over 1 year ago

  • Status changed from Closed to Reopened

Feature was reverted.

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