How to assign a custom post type post to an individual user?

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Problem:
How to assign individual posts to specific users?

Solution:
The easiest way to achieve this is simply to make them the author of the post.

You'll need to edit the post type settings at Toolset > Post Type and under "Sections to display when editing..." make sure author is checked so that you can set the post author.

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Last updated by wilfredC 5 years, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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February 28, 2019 at 6:33 am #1207381

wilfredC

I created a custom post type called "Tasks".

I as the site admin I want to create the task listing myself and assign it to my user, and only the user I assigned can see their task in their user account.

For example:
I create a task name "Print the abc company document" and I assigned it to one of my user Jason, So only Jason can see the task that I list it to him.

How can I achieve it with Toolset?

February 28, 2019 at 7:14 am #1207388

Nigel

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Hi Wilfred

The simplest way to achieve this is to make the user the author of the post. You can add a View to a page to list tasks and add a Query Filter to only show tasks authored by the current user, so when Jason is logged in he will see only his tasks.

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/filtering-views-query-by-author/

You can use Access to set rules for the post type that users with the role in question can only edit their own content.

https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/setting-access-control/

You'll need to edit the Tasks settings at Toolset > Post Type and under "Sections to display when editing Tasks" make sure author is checked so that you can set the post author.

February 28, 2019 at 7:53 am #1207391

wilfredC

Ok got it, Thank for the help Nigel