Discourse Assign provides the ability to assign topics and individual posts (both private and public) to a user or group.
Install Guide
This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.
Features
Discourse Assign adds a âtag likeâ annotation on the topic list and topic header with the username of the assigned user.
It allows you to assign topics to users and list all of the assigned topics.
Also, user groups can be assigned to the topic. In that case, each group member will receive a notification. In group Interaction configuration, you can specify Who can assign this group. By default, is it set to nobody.
In addition to assign to specific topic, individual post can be assigned as well. This option is hidden under ââŚâ (show more) post toolbar. When a post is assigned, information about that is included in the topic title. Also, first post contain link to assigned post.
assigns by staff mention if you would like mentions by a staff member of another staff member to assign a topic select this
unassign creates tracking post: out of the box when you unassign a topic a post is created in the stream to keep track of the fact it was unassigned, disable to remove the tracking post
assigns public : out of the box all assignments are hidden from non-staff, if you want non-staff to be able to see who owns which topic, enable this setting.
assign self regex if you would like to use a magic phrase to assign stuff to yourself add a regex here
assign other regex if you would like to restrict it so only mentions with a particular phrase are assigned to others add something here
unassign on close if a topic is closed it will automatically be silently unassigned
unassign on group archive when a message is archived unassign it, once it moves back to inbox reassign it.
reassign on open When a topic is opened reassign previously assigned users/groups
assigns user url path template to path that is used as a hyperlink for any user assigned tags.
assign mailer When to send notification email for assignments
remind assigns frequency` Frequency for reminding users about assigned topics.
max assigned topics Maximum number of topics that can be assigned to a user.
assign allowed on groups controls the list of groups you can assign to. When a topic is assigned to a group it shows up in the individual assign list for all group members. They are notified when this assignment happens.
enable assign status Add a customizable status field to every assignment.
assign statuses is a list of statuses available to each assignment. The first status is the default status applied to every new assignment.
Listing assigned topics
There are 2 ways of viewing assigned topics,
In topic list format:
https://sitename.com/latest?assigned=username to view all assigned topics for a user
https://sitename.com/latest?assigned=* to view all assigned topics for all users
https://sitename.com/latest?assigned=me to view all assigned to current user
https://sitename.com/latest?assigned=nobody to view all unassigned
The user page activity there is an extra assigned tab visible to staff on activity and messages tabs
This does not seem to work as of now. If Iâm a part of group A and someone assigns group A to a topic, it doesnât show up for me when I visit /latest?assigned=me.
Is any way to configure the time of recurred notifications?
UPD: When a topic assigned to Group, users in Group do not receive email notifications. Is it correct? I expected users get an email + recurring emails (every day, every week) like single assignee.
Sorry if this was already mentioned (I wasnât able to find this).
Can non-staff members use this plugin to assign? I wasnât able to get this plugin working even if the user is moderator. The user has to be admin.
My use case: Team lead (non-staff/non-admin) writes a topic and assigns this to a team member (TL0-3 user). The team lead is not necessary the site admin or staff for Discourse forum because we have many team leads.
It would be helpful even if I can make Team lead a moderator and get this plugin working.
SoâŚwith this being said, youâd need to set trust_level_0 as @Moin suggested. I think it would be expected to work otherwise if you selected everyone, so maybe this is a bug?
You can find it at Admin > Site texts. I searched for assign_mailer, which returns the title (assign_mailer.subject_template) and the body text (assign_mailer.text_body_template).
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