"Description" does not display for non admin in workspace overview

[m-natarajan]

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Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
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Issue reported by: @flaviadefaria
Slack conversation (hyperlinked to channel name): migrate

Action Performed:

1. Go to workspaces
2. Click on the workspace name

Expected Result:

User should be taken to the overview with useful description allowing companies to add mor information including links to their internal expense policies

Actual Result:

Description is not appearing for a member and no useful information for the employee

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Standalone
• Android: HybridApp
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Standalone
• iOS: HybridApp
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @zanyrenney (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

[MelvinBot]

This has been labelled "Needs Reproduction". Follow the steps here: https://stackoverflowteams.com/c/expensify/questions/16989

[ZhenjaHorbach]

I can to reproduce it this way
If in this case we should still see the description for a member (Which is logical since the admin has a default description) I can take as a C+ following this ! :

1. Open workspace as admin
2. Remove description
3. As a result, we see the default description for the admin

4. But for member description disappeared

[FitseTLT]

Proposal

Please re-state the problem that we are trying to solve in this issue.

"Description" does not display for non admin in workspace overview

What is the root cause of that problem?

We only display description if the policy description is non empty or the current user is admin

App/src/pages/workspace/WorkspaceProfilePage.tsx

Lines 266 to 267 in f22c07b

	{(!StringUtils.isEmptyString(policy?.description ?? '') || !readOnly) && (
	<OfflineWithFeedback

What changes do you think we should make in order to solve the problem?

We can remove the condition to display it always

What specific scenarios should we cover in automated tests to prevent reintroducing this issue in the future?

Not needed just simple expectation change

What alternative solutions did you explore? (Optional)

[huult]

I think this is not a bug. We don’t want to display the default description for workspace members. The description should only be shown to members after the workspace admin has edited or set it.