Allow chore claiming on multiple different user devices

[gregpetersau]

Hi

I want the kids to be able to claim chores from a number of different devices - they dont have their own. For example there are a few tablets on the wall in the house each with their own user [Pannel1, Pannel2, etc], the parents have phones with users [Parent1, Parent2] and they have shared tablets [Tablet1... ] you get the picture.

Currently, the kids can not claim chores on these devices, they click the button but the chore does nothing. Logs were showing the Authorisation error originally,

ERROR: Authorization failed to Claim Chore 'Ready to go' for Kid 'Kid1': You are not authorized to claim_chores for this kid

I belive this is a similar scenario to #194 but im sorry im not clear how to achieve it in my case.

Under Manage Kid, i currently have no Home Assistant User selected, as 1) they dont have home assistant accounts, and 2) i need them to claim via multiple different devices that do have accounts.

Am i doing something wrong? Is there an easy way to let any device claim a chore as complete?

Version Beta 0.5.0b3

[gregpetersau]

edit - the partial workaround i have found is that i have made the Panel devices as parents, and just hidden the admin dashboards from them. This allows the kids to use them to claim chores.

But ultimately, since we have lots of different devices and i dont mind if one child can use another childs device to claim, i would like to know how to set it up for their devices.

[ccpk1]

The recommended solution is creating a simple non-admin user account that is logged into those shared devices and linked with each kid in kidschores. See the kiosk mode - https://github.com/ad-ha/kidschores-ha/wiki/Access-Control%3A-Overview-&-Best-Practices

[gregpetersau]

thanks - yes i understood that option, unfortunately it doesnt achieve what i need to do. the various existing devices have their own existing HA logins - which are required as they have automations, tasks, dashboards etc linked to them based on where they are around the house.
What i am proposing i suppose looks more like an option to remove the access control permissions to claim chores, enabling any HA user the ability to do it. This would allow chores to remain child specific, retain parent approvals, but allow all devices to mark as complete, spend points etc.

Understand this is not a current feature, +1 vote for that.

[ccpk1]

Ah… now it makes sense, let me give it some thought.

[ccpk1]

This will be in the next beta.