Wishlist of features by the community

General
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Hello everyone,

While listening to great presentations at the UGM this year, my wish to collect and discuss ideas about openBIS with the community overcame me again. I would like to start a collection of features, suggestions for improvement, GUI design ideas and more. Maybe our ideas will one day be considered and implemented.

UGM 23 suggestions

  • Better documentation (in progress) maybe with a comment function
  • Markdown object type
  • user collaboration (simultaneous editing, “already in edit” warning, comparison and selection of multiple edits)
  • auto-save feature (maybe each object section if all requirements are met)

Personal ideas

  • ELN-LIMS GUI with tabs (like new admin UI)
  • simple way to copy masterdata from others directly from GitHub repository
  • statistics dashboard (like EMPA)
  • restricted access to admin UI
  • new property value type: description, a simple way to display constant text (instructions) on an object, perhaps connected to section
  • new property value type: image, e.g. for equipment or lab setup photo
  • more storage features: e.g. stocktaking, shelf barcodes, reminder on specific dates (e.g. to check equipment)
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This would be possible using our tool (see community plugin list)

If I might add my desires:

  • Document the V3 API using Swagger/openAPI so that generating DTOs/clients for other languages is easier thanks to code generation. The dream would be to implement GRPc/ProtoBufs as a binary protocol would perform better for large requests

  • release a “real” V3 API for python

  • One API everywhere: use the V3 API for Dropbox and other core plugins as well as for dynamic properties

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  • Symbol or text to show own highest role in ELN-LIMS-UI
  • Tooltips for menu and sidebar items