Filter by project broken

[srdco]

Describe the bug
Filter by project dropdown blank in all views.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Update to latest version (not master)
2. Go to any page -- invoice, my times, etc.
3. Try to filter by project (after choosing customer etc)

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Desktop/Smartphone
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• Device: Desktop computer
• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• Browser: Firefox
• Version: 63.0

Additional context
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• Kimai version 0.8.1

[kevinpapst]

No, it's not. Check the stable demo: https://www.kimai.org/demo/
You need to check your log files for more infos.

[kevinpapst]

???

[StefanWinterberger]

Hey @kevinpapst
I face the same problem. Its also reproducable on the Demo-Server.
I logged in with 'john_user' to the 'Last Stable' Server. Then in 'My times' i tried to filter by Project but the drop down is empty.

By the way. Tank you very much for your work on this project. We like to use it :)

I use:

• Firefox 66.0.2
• Desktop Computer Windows 10

[kevinpapst]

I am sorry, but I still cannot reproduce it.
Tested with Safari 12.1, Firefox 66.0.2 and Chrome 73.0 on MacOS. I tried with the users susan_super and john_user on the "latest development" demo and the "latest stable" demo.

It simply works for me.
I need more information, otherwise I can't help.

Please open your browser console and check it + the your network tab upon changing the customer.
There should be a request like https://demo.kimai.org/api/projects?customer=9&orderBy=name&visible=1
What is the result? Is there an error?

[StefanWinterberger]

Hi again
Ok, first point. I didn't get that i have to choose a Customer before i can filter by project. I expected the same list that i get when i open the Dropdown for Projects when i add a new timesheet entry (without selecting a Customer). So this part works on the Demo-Server.

Second point on our installation when i select a customer the following call is made: /api/projects?customer=29&orderBy=name&visible=3 and this calle returns an HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error). Saddly on the Server i didn't get any logs under /var/log/apache2/error.log
Are there any other log files?

Additional Info:
The Current DB was importet from a Kimai V1 Server. Maybe there is something on the DB i can check for you to help?

[kevinpapst]

Hm, I still don't know what the best UX is here. If you have only a couple of customers/projects a full list would work. But some people have hundreds of customers and even more projects, then the full list would be a pain to use...

Regarding the 500: check in your Kimai installation at var/log/prod.log.
But I would guess that you don't have proper file-permissions set for var/cache/ - the API libraries store cache files upon the first request. If that fails a 500 is raised.

[StefanWinterberger]

Hey @kevinpapst
Thank you very much for the hint. I repeated the chown and chmod command from the install documentation. And know it works :) It seems i messed something up while the installtion.

Regarding the UX. I see that for a lot of projects it could be a mess with such a big list. But then again, the user is still free to pre-filter it with the customer field. Maybe you can make it configurable if the user wants to show the list without customer selected?
A second hint: If the projects field only can be used when a customer is selected, maybe you can disable it if no customer is selected. So it would be more clear how to use it :)

Thanks again.
For me this issue can be closed.

[kevinpapst]

Any feedback @srdco ?

[srdco]

I'm sorry -- haven't been able to get back to it, as I've been completely swamped. I'll post back as soon as I have a chance to get to it again.
I will note that I was used to choosing the customer first, so that wasn't a problem.

It only showed up after updating to 0.8.1.

I will check the log files, and get back to you. It may be a permissions problem -- seems like that plagued me on first install. I'll close for now, and can re-open if I find anything that's not just user error.

[kevinpapst]

@srdco check var/cache/prod/ - the API is trying to create cache files there

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