[chandler-users] I've broken Cosmo.

[Priscilla Chung]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for taking the time to write up your workflow on the chandler- 
users list. Please see my response in-line…
On Mar 29, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Dave Cowen wrote:

> I seem to have gotten into an unrecoverable state in a Cosmo  
> account this afternoon.
>
> I set up a new account, keicalendar; I then went to grant a ticket  
> to allow access to that collection from elsewhere.  That worked fine.
Woo hoo—thanks for dogfooding! =)
>
> I then noticed that when using that ticket, in "You are currently  
> viewing," the calendar was listed as Cosmo.  I wanted this calendar  
> to be labeled "KEI," or possibly have multiple calendars for  
> different purposes.  I first went into Settings and didn't see any  
> way to add a calendar or change a calendar name, so I clicked on  
> the info symbol next to the calendar name.
This is odd, it sounds like you were logged into the account and  
click on the right button (the 'i' for info button) which popped up  
the 'collection details' dialog to change the name of the collection.
>
> I checked the Name: of the calendar to KEI, and selected "Subscribe  
> with:" Other...  I clicked on "Save", and then noticed that instead  
> of having a KEI calendar and a Cosmo calendar, I had two Cosmo  
> calendars listed under "You are currently viewing."  I wanted to  
> get rid of at least one of these calendars, so I went to the  
> Account Browser, and removed the Cosmo collection, figuring that  
> I'd either log directly into the "other" calendar.
Ah ha. Looks like you found a bug! I was able to reproduce it.  
Interestingly enough, when I log out and log back into my account,  
the name in that drop down list resets itself. I believe I have  
logged that bug before, but I will add your feedback to the bug:  
https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8444
>
> Instead, when I log in, I get a "Processing..." box -- that's it,  
> nothing else to click on.
Oh no! This is a bug we found recently when deleting a collection.  
Cosmo will hang in 'Processing…'. Bobby had sent out e-mail on how to  
fix this for now. Follow these steps for now: http:// 
lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-users/2007-March/000112.html

Please reply to his e-mail if you have any additional questions on  
his instructions.

> So, a few questions:
>
> 1) How do you change a calendar name in Cosmo?
So I believe you did all the appropriate steps to change a name in a  
collection.

First you have to be logged into your account. Then click on the  
'i' (for info) which will pop up the collection details dialog. From  
the 'Collection Details' dialog, you should be able to change the  
name of your collection and hit 'Save'.


> 2) How do you create a new calendar with a new name?
Currently the Cosmo UI does not support creating a new calendar  
except for the out of the box calendar when you first sign up for a  
new account. The original goal for Cosmo 0.6 was to view, share and  
interact with a collection from a Chandler desktop users. Users who  
are not using Chandler desktop or even have an account on Chandler  
Hub would be able to view and interact with collections shared by  
users running Chandler desktop. The only other way to create new  
calendars is to use Chandler desktop (or the other calendaring apps  
pointing to the Cosmo server) and create new calendars from the same  
account.

> 3) How do you safely delete a calendar?
Currently the Cosmo UI does not support deleting calendars either. As  
you know, there is the ability to go into the 'Account Browser' and  
locate published calendar and deleting them. We're not really  
recommending users to use that since, as you pointed out, it is a  
hard delete and we cannot recover your collection afterwards.

As for collections which are subscribed, they also do not show up in  
the 'Account Browser'. You will have to follow the steps Bobby had  
outlined in his e-mail (link above) to delete subscribed collections.  
It is on our road map to be able to delete subscribed events and to  
have a soft delete (move to the trash bin) from the Cosmo UI.

> 4) How can I get this account back in working order?
First follow the steps Bobby had sent out in e-mail and then e-mail  
us back if you are not back in working order.

Hope that helps. Thanks for your feedback! =)
-Priscilla
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