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I want to have a hierarchy for projects. The way I see to do this is to use projects with sub-projects:

[Game Projects]
-- Game 1
-- Game 2
[Music Projects]
-- Music General
-- Music Game

This works well but has the undesirable effect of two projects that I really don't want anyone to put anything into. Is there a way to "lock" the two parent projects, so that they are visible and will create the hierarchy but people can't accidentally put issues/bugs into?

Thanks!

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UPDATE
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Solution
After experimenting, this is what I found:

• Best option:
  • Add report_bug_threshold for the project via Manage Configuration > Configuration Report
    • Set the value to an integer that is higher than administrator level (e.g. 1000)
• Alternative:
  • Remove all categories from the project you wish to be a header
    • This doesn't prevent someone from *trying* to open an issue but the system will report that they can't add one.

Hi

Why don't you assign the users as VIEWER in the parent projects?
Or you could change $g_report_bug_threshold in those projects to the ADMINISTRATOR level.

mcmo wrote:Hi

Why don't you assign the users as VIEWER in the parent projects?
Or you could change $g_report_bug_threshold in those projects to the ADMINISTRATOR level.

Thanks for the ideas. I'm using the former solution for now. Would the $g_report_bug_threshold idea mean editing .php files?

$g_report_bug_threshold idea would be set per project using Manage > Manage Configuration > Configuration Report.
No need to edit any PHP file, the setting being stored in the database.

mcmo wrote:$g_report_bug_threshold idea would be set per project using Manage > Manage Configuration > Configuration Report.
No need to edit any PHP file, the setting being stored in the database.

Great. Thanks!

mcmo wrote:$g_report_bug_threshold idea would be set per project using Manage > Manage Configuration > Configuration Report.
No need to edit any PHP file, the setting being stored in the database.

I'm not sure how to set this and I can't seem to find documentation explaining it. Obviously, I know what to set "Username" and "Project Name" to but "g_report_bug_threshold" doesn't seem to work for a "Configuration Option".

Can you explain, please?

$g_report_bug_threshold is a global variable.
You should use this syntax when setting the value in a php file.
But when using the configuration report, you have to enter report_bug_threshold only.

I added that option but it doesn't work using the string "administrator".

A "developer" was able to add a new issue.

I solved the issue. The value must be an int, not a string.