Users Overview
Description
A User is anyone that can log in to the application and children that cannot log in, but have a Christmas List on the system.
The following are examples of Users:
- Participant - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, and has a Christmas List for themself. They are not a parent for any child. They can only see the groups they are a member of.
- Participating Parent - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, has a Christmas List for themself, and is a parent for one or more children. They can view the groups they are in and the group(s) their child(ren) are members of.
- Nonparticipating Child - Someone that cannot log on to the system, but belongs to one or more groups, and has a Christmas List for themself. (They are usually children with no email) This user must have at least one parent that can log on.
- Participating Child - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, has a Christmas List for themself, but requires at least one parent because they are a minor. Items on their wish list will not be displayed to others until one of their parents approves them.
- Nonparticipating Parent - Someone that logs on to the system, does not belong to any groups themselves, but is a parent for one or more children. They do not have a Christmas List. They can only view the groups of the child(ren) that they are a parent for. This is a nonparticipant with children.
- Nonparticipant - Someone that logs on to the system, belongs to one or more groups, but does not have a Christmas List for themself, nor are they a parent for anyone. This is a nonparticipant with no children.
User Capabilities
The different types of users have different capabilities. The following table indicates the capabilities
| Capability | Participant | Participating Parent |
Nonparticipating Child | Participating Child | Nonparticipating Parent |
Nonparticipant |
| Add gifts to their own list | X | X | X | |||
| Add gifts to their child's list that will not be marked as suggestion | X | X | ||||
| Must have gifts approved | X | |||||
| See child's gifts that have not been approved | X | X | X | |||
| See only their child's gift that have not been approved | X | X | ||||
| Can have a parent | X | X | ||||
| Can only have one proxy | X | X | ||||
| Approve their child's gifts | X | X | ||||
| View gifts for users in their group(s) | X | X | X | X | ||
| View gifts for users in their child's group(s) | X | X | ||||
| See status of gifts not theirs | X | X | X | X | ||
| See suggestions for others in their group(s) | X | X | X | X | ||
| Add suggestions to users in their groups that they are a participant | X | X | ||||
| Add suggestions to users in their groups that they are a nonparticipant | ||||||
| Add comments to any gift they can see | X | X | X | X | ||
| Add comments to their own gift | X | X | X | |||
| Change the status on any gift they can see | X | X | X | X | ||
| Subscribe to a group they are a member of | X | X | X | |||
| Subscribe to a group their child is a member of | X | X | ||||
| Receive emails regarding any comment on their own gift that is flagged | X | X | X | |||
| Receive emails regarding any comment on their child's gift | X | X | ||||
| Receive emails regarding any comment on others gifts that they have commented on | X | X | X | |||
| Own a group | X | X | X | |||
| Be admin of a group | X | X | X | |||
| Be a group participant | X | X | ||||
| Be a group child | X | X | ||||
| Be a group nonparticipant | X | X | X |