feat: in play mode, allow showing any sensor on the asset page

documentation/host/modes.rst

@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ Small features
 - [API] Posted UDI events are not enforced to be consecutive.
 - [API] Names in ``GetConnectionResponse`` are the connections' unique database names rather than their display names (this feature is planned to be deprecated).
 - [UI] The dashboard plot showing the latest power value is not enforced to lie in the past (in case of simulating future values).
+- [UI] On the asset page, the ``sensors_to_show`` attribute can be used to show any sensor from any account, rather than only sensors from assets owned by the user's organization.

flexmeasures/data/models/generic_assets.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, List, Union
 import json
 
+from flask import current_app
 from flask_security import current_user
 import pandas as pd
 from sqlalchemy.engine import Row
@@ -453,13 +454,22 @@ def sensors_to_show(self) -> list["Sensor" | list["Sensor"]]:  # noqa F821
         if not self.has_attribute("sensors_to_show"):
             return self.sensors[:2]
 
+        # Only allow showing sensors from assets owned by the user's organization,
+        # except in play mode, where any sensor may be shown
+        if current_app.get("FLEXMEASURES_MODE") != "play":
+            account = self.owner
+        else:
+            from flexmeasures.data.models.user import Account
+
+            account = Account.query.all()
+
         from flexmeasures.data.services.sensors import get_sensors
 
         sensor_ids_to_show = self.get_attribute("sensors_to_show")
         sensor_map = {
             sensor.id: sensor
             for sensor in get_sensors(
-                account=self.owner,
+                account=account,
                 include_public_assets=True,
                 sensor_id_allowlist=flatten_unique(sensor_ids_to_show),
             )