Differentiation between necessary and optional rota roles (Feature Request)

[GatesheadBen]

Good evening, we are starting to use the rota feature for more. One common thing team leads have asked for is the ability for un-assigned but necessary posts to be flagged somehow (e.g. an empty PA slot could flash red but and empty "melody instrument" slot doesn't need to).

[s4069b]

you could create a person named "required" and assign them to the empty but necessary posts.

[tbar0970]

Could be a property of the roster role. For those with select-multiple=false it could be presented as "required". For those with select-multiple=true it could be presented as "number required" (0+).

[seidler2547]

Couldn't that be abstracted as minimum and maximum "people slots"? Like:

• optional, multiple = min 0, max 5 (or so)
• required, multiple = min 2, max 5
• optional, single = min 0, max 1
• required, single = min 1, max 1

[tbar0970]

Implementing this issue could help with a better implementation of #829. At the top of a run sheet, roles which are "reqiured", but unfilled, could be shown so that their emptiness is visible. Roles which are not required could be hidden if empty.