Comment (Preparation)

Option required

Comments are only available if the COMMENT option is enabled on the project.

Definition

A Comment on a preparation element is a message posted by a logged-in user on one of the sub-elements of a Preparation: Typical day, Planning, Pedagogy, Menu, or Budget.

Distinct entity

Comment on a Preparation element (this entity, Preparation module) and Comment on a Participant (Operations module) share the same concept and name but are distinct technical entities with their own parent reference and lifecycle.

Project
└── Preparation
    ├── Typical day
    │   └── Comment
    ├── Planning
    │   └── Comment
    ├── Pedagogy
    │   └── Comment
    ├── Menu
    │   └── Comment
    └── Budget
        └── Comment

Main attributes

Attribute	Description
Message	The comment message
Author	The logged-in user who created the comment
Tags	Zero or more tags associated with the comment

Tags

A comment can carry zero or more Tags. Tags are project-scoped labels created once per project and reused across every preparation comment. The full definition (attributes, count semantics, lifecycle) is documented on the Tag business object page.

Tag moderation

Tag management (create, rename, delete) is restricted to PROJECT_ADMIN and PROJECT_MANAGER. Other roles can attach existing tags to their comments but cannot modify the project tag catalog.

Status

A comment does not have an explicit status field. Its state is derived from:

Situation	Implied state
Have been soft deleted	HIDDEN
Have not been soft deleted	VISIBLE

Relationships

Related object	Relationship
Preparation element	A comment is attached to one preparation element
User	A comment is authored by one user (zero if user purged)
Tag	A comment can carry zero or more tags