Bug 836507 - [RFE] Make error messages like "Command XYZ failed" clearer
Summary: [RFE] Make error messages like "Command XYZ failed" clearer
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Beaker
Classification: Retired
Component: inventory
Version: 0.9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: beaker-dev-list
QA Contact: tools-bugs
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Whiteboard: UX
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-06-29 10:01 UTC by Ales Zelinka
Modified: 2020-10-21 14:12 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2020-10-21 14:12:30 UTC
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Comment 3 Roman Joost 2016-10-24 23:46:50 UTC
We've talked about this today, and tweaking the error message does not really make it easier to understand.

Ideas:

* Since Beaker now features and Installation tab, we could provide a way to put a better understandable message in the tab to explain why the installation had failed.
* In order to figure out the cause for the error message, Beaker keeps records during the installation which can be queried from the database.
* UI idea: place the error message next to the timestamp which would normally say the status report (e.g. Netboot configured). Maybe add an icon as well if suitable.

Comment 4 Tomas Klohna 🔧 2019-04-04 17:50:08 UTC
Possible solution would be to create hyperlink to activity page from the error message. That of course requires the Command IDs to be visible.


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