View requests assigned to other users

By default, users can view requests created by them or assigned to them. You can modify this setting so that users can view all requests in the system.

For this, configure the setting in WhatIfSettings.xml and modify these settings

  • showRequestsAsAdmin to view requests.
  • showWhatifAsAdmin to view What-ifs.

To configure this xml setting:

Setting Description
XML file name and path [InstallPath]\Settings\WhatIfSettings.xml
Tag <Settings>
Node
  • For requests - <Setting Name="showRequestsAsAdmin" Description="Display request as shown to administrator">1</Setting>.
  • For what-ifs - <Setting Name="showWhatifAsAdmin" Description="Display Whatif as shown to administrator">1</Setting>.
Configuration setting If you set showRequestsAsAdmin or showWhatifsAsAdmin to:
  • 0 – Signed-in users can view only those requests for which they are participants.
  • 1 – Signed-in users can view all requests in the system.
Default The default value is 0.