package app
import (
"errors"
"github.com/mattermost/focalboard/server/model"
)
const (
KeyOnboardingTourStarted = "onboardingTourStarted"
KeyOnboardingTourCategory = "tourCategory"
KeyOnboardingTourStep = "onboardingTourStep"
ValueOnboardingFirstStep = "0"
ValueTourCategoryOnboarding = "onboarding"
WelcomeBoardTitle = "Welcome to Boards!"
var (
errUnableToFindWelcomeBoard = errors.New("unable to find welcome board in newly created blocks")
errCannotCreateBoard = errors.New("new board wasn't created")
func (a *App) PrepareOnboardingTour(userID string, teamID string) (string, string, error) {
// copy the welcome board into this workspace
boardID, err := a.createWelcomeBoard(userID, teamID)
if err != nil {
return "", "", err
}
// set user's tour state to initial state
userPropPatch := model.UserPropPatch{
UpdatedFields: map[string]string{
KeyOnboardingTourStarted: "1",
KeyOnboardingTourStep: ValueOnboardingFirstStep,
KeyOnboardingTourCategory: ValueTourCategoryOnboarding,
},
if err := a.store.PatchUserProps(userID, userPropPatch); err != nil {
return teamID, boardID, nil
func (a *App) getOnboardingBoardID() (string, error) {
boards, err := a.store.GetTemplateBoards(model.GlobalTeamID, "")
return "", err
var onboardingBoardID string
for _, block := range boards {
if block.Title == WelcomeBoardTitle && block.TeamID == model.GlobalTeamID {
onboardingBoardID = block.ID
break
if onboardingBoardID == "" {
return "", errUnableToFindWelcomeBoard
return onboardingBoardID, nil
func (a *App) createWelcomeBoard(userID, teamID string) (string, error) {
onboardingBoardID, err := a.getOnboardingBoardID()
bab, _, err := a.DuplicateBoard(onboardingBoardID, userID, teamID, false)
if len(bab.Boards) != 1 {
return "", errCannotCreateBoard
// need variable for this to
// get reference for board patch
newType := model.BoardTypePrivate
patch := &model.BoardPatch{
Type: &newType,
if _, err := a.PatchBoard(patch, bab.Boards[0].ID, userID); err != nil {
return bab.Boards[0].ID, nil