Problems with `user_roles` & `user_groups` fieldtypes

[Boefjim]

Issue created from conversation in: https://github.com/statamic-rad-pack/runway/issues/196#issuecomment-2095457819

I am currently experiencing problems when trying to set up users as a Runway resource. While relationships and computed field function perfectly, it has caused an issue with the permission fields:

The user roles & user groups fields no longer function correctly, it seems Runway does not support the user_roles & user_groups field types? I don´t see it listed in the list of supported fieldtypes: https://runway.duncanmcclean.com/blueprints#content-supported-fieldtypes

However, in the linked conversation you did mention that these should work as long as the columns are configured properly, and while they do not immediately throw an error, they do not function as they normally would. Statamic manages permissions through the role_user & group_user tables, but the field created from the Runway blueprint attempts to save the values into columns directly (which causes an error for a missing column). I can´t find a way to configure Statamic to manage roles & groups through columns instead, so I am unsure how to properly implement these field types, especially since there is currently no documentation on how to do so.

How should roles & groups be properly implemented for a user runway resource?

[duncanmcclean]

You're trying to make users a Runway resource? Is there any reason why you can't just have them as "normal" users?

[Boefjim]

Because the users also have related models that I would like to use the has_many fields for, but those do not function properly unless the users are setup as Runway resources. The linked issue also ran into this problem.

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