Change sidebar from a static list and add menu to a nested menu structure. Only for the current selected target distro/system the operations will be shown. The menu structure will be like the CLI:
Systems Add Delete Poweron Poweroff Reboot Enable PXE Change profile
Grouping the "list" and "add" things together is ok, though I like your original "dashboard" idea for surfacing some commonly used functions better than this proposal. I also see "edit" missing.
For instance, on the "systems list" page, we can add something like the following:
SYSTEM | (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot) SYSTEM | (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot) SYSTEM | (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot) SYSTEM | (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot) SYSTEM | (Profile Drop Down with Current Profile Shown) | (Netboot Enabled | Disabled) | (No Change | Power On | Power Off | Reboot)
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One roadblock with adding import is that it can be /very/ slow, so that's why it's not present now. The same goes for reposync. To solve this adequately, we need to build a task engine that can log the output of background processes. In the future, this is something I want to enable, as it will also enable folks to run reposync and import from the XMLRPC API's.
There are several reasons why I changed to this new proposal: - You can now run an action easier on multiple systems. With a toggle-all button all systems are quickly selected. Maybe with an additional filter you can first filter and then also use the toggle-all - A confirmation screen with the affected systems can be given. This is better for safety, especially with the power options. The confirmation screen can also be used for asking the additional input of values like the profile or netboot. - The pull-down boxes require of mousemovement to set everything correct - Normally you want to apply the same action on all systems. Using the pull-down boxes this requires manual verification. - With multiple actions in a single apply the confirmation becomes complex.
Regards, Peter
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