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Allow Users to be used as Contact
NetBox version
v4.3.0
Feature type
Data model extension
Proposed functionality
I would like to be able to assign users as Contacts, so I don't have to duplicate most of the data that is available already at the User anyway.
Use case
Not needing to duplicate User/Contact data just for the sake of being able to assign Contacts.
Database changes
Probably the relationship part between the contact asignment and the contact/user model.
External dependencies
I don't think there are any.
This would really mess up the data model to support both. You can create a custom field on a contact with type object and related object type of User that may get the related information that you want.
@arthanson I can understand that. The workaround you suggest still would duplicate a lot of the data though since Contact has required fields too.
Opening Contacts to be User would also probably make it possible to use it to assign rights. Like if User has Owner role he can edit and so on.
We intentionally maintain strict separation between the objects in NetBox and the users who make changes to those objects, for various reasons. Unfortunately the proposed functionality would violate that separation, so we have to decline it.
