Feature Request: Adding link in the report section of the course menu

[Kathrin84]

Hi Tim,

currently I'm trying out several report plugins and I like this plugin very much. As there are already capabilities defined for who can access a special report and also because in theme Boost the navigation block is not intended to be used, I was wondering if it's possible to add a link to the reports on the course level in the report section? (Furthermore, if I did not oversee anything then currently there is no variable for the course id defined?)

So my proposal is to enhance the plugin by the possibility to use the course id as a variable and add a link to the report section in the course (of course only if there is an accessible report for the teacher available).
Then the admin could define some course related reports that might be interesting for teachers and they could easily access it within their courses.

What do you think about this?

Best, Kathrin

[timhunt]

If you want course-level reports, then you might want to look at https://moodle.org/plugins/block_configurable_reports.

You can always link directly to the query results for any query. The URL .../report/customsql/view.php?id=45 is fixed and safe to link to.

As of version 3.7 of this plugin, you can define a report that uses placeholder :courseid in the query, and then add &courseid=123 to the URL for the query, and that will so straight to the report.

The problem will be capabilities. These reports always live in the 'System' context in Moodle, and that is where permisisons are checked. So, to access the reports, you need a site-wide role that gives you an appropriate capability.

[Kathrin84]

Hi @timhunt,

thank you very much for your quick feedback and your explanations helped understanding the plugin a little better.

If you want course-level reports, then you might want to look at https://moodle.org/plugins/block_configurable_reports.

I've already tested this plugin, but for several reasons we thought that your plugin would fit our needs better. :)

Best, Kathrin