Improve select experience for VAMC content

[kevwalsh]

Background

User Story or Problem Statement

Certain select lists within the VAMC content forms have grown extremely long, as new VAMC systems have been added. This makes it very hard to find the content users are looking for.

• staff profiles references (see screenshot below)
• VAMC system health references (see screenshot below)

There are probably other examples of this.

It corresponds to a broader "fire hose" problem where CMS users are often presented with content that is outside their domain (and that they are not used to seeing in TeamSite, which was heavily silo'd).

Other select lists make it too easy to select the wrong content

• There is no mechanism to prevent referencing facilities outside the VAMC system that a user has access to via workbench access

As a VAMC editor, i should not be able to reference facilities outside my section for events, facility health services, etc.

There are probably other examples of this.

Other select lists make it easy to create duplicate content

For example:

As a VAMC editor, i should not be allowed to create more than one VAMC facility health service of a certain kind at each facility, or more than one VAMC system service of a certain kind at the VAMC system level.

There are probably other examples of this.

A lot of content looks the same in the Linkit selector

Recent example from VAHELP-1668:

Some screenshots

Affected users and stakeholders

• All VAMC editors

Hypothesis

We believe that improving permissions and UI in select lists will improve the editorial experience and reduce the chance of duplicate or incorrect content.

We'll know that to be true when TBD

[stefaniefgray]

Closed related Github ticket VAHELP-1668 in order to remove it from queue after 246 days; will re-open and reply to VA Minneapolis once complete

[EWashb]

Sorry for the label mishap. I removed CMS Team and added back what yall had.