HCL Connections Ideas Portal

Welcome to the HCL Connections Product Ideas Lab! The place where you can submit product ideas and enhancement request. We encourage you to participate by voting on, commenting on, and creating new ideas. All new ideas will be evaluated by the HCL Product Management & Engineering teams, and the next steps will be communicated. While not all submitted ideas will be executed upon, community feedback will play a key role in influencing which ideas are and when they will be implemented.

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    243 VOTE

    Restore deleted Folders in Community

    In Connections Cloud communities. create a folder, and add some files. Then "accidentally" delete the folder. -> there is no listing of a Folder in the Files Trash section so the Client assumes the data is lost.The files are still listed in th...
    over 7 years ago in 02. Communities / 03. Files 16 Assessment
    212 VOTE

    Automatically upgrade desktop plugin

    We would like to suggest an auto-update feature for the IBM Connections File Sync and Share Desktop Plug-In. A number of improvements have been made to this plug-in recently, however our users often run old versions and struggle with issues which ...
    over 7 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 8 Under Consideration

    Native German Language Support for Emoji Search in TinyMCE

    1. Summary of Request We are requesting native support for German language emoji searches within the TinyMCE editor in HCL Connections. Currently, users are unable to search for emojis using German terminology, which limits usability for our Germa...
    15 days ago in 08. Third Party Integration 0 Needs Review

    Integrate Connections Files into Domino Leap Applications

    We do have some important Domino Leap applications for documentational purposes that contain "attachment fields". Currently this field type is just a regular upload/drop zone field where you can match 1 attachment to each field. If a new version o...
    about 2 months ago in 03. Files 0 Needs Review

    Option to disable the comments on Files-ensuring other features are working

    I am following up on an idea proposed prior to 2019, which can be found here: https://connections-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/IDEACNCTNS-I-1461 My goal is to implement this idea in the best possible way. I have made some progress by applying ...
    about 1 year ago in 03. Files 0 Needs Review
    113 VOTE

    Bridge the gap between Connections and Domino.

    Make the integration seamless and awesome. For browser, Notes, Verse and mobile. Period.
    over 7 years ago in 08. Third Party Integration 5 Under Consideration

    Desktop Plug-in file locked status is displayed incorrectly

    When user closes a file that has been locked, the status of the file in desktop plugin windows explorer remains locked even if the file has been unlocked. Users need to refresh the windows explorer to change the state of the file. It would be help...
    5 months ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Needs Review

    Enhance native Connections Files to include simple document workflow approvals.

    Enhance native Connections Files to include simple document workflow approvals. If this were present in the native product, we would no longer need our FileNet deployment.
    over 7 years ago in 03. Files 3 Future Consideration

    Viewing and editing of documents or powerpoint with charts

    Currently, Viewing and editing of charts remains a limitation in Docs 2.0.2. When you open to view or edit a PPT or documents that contains charts, it will not be displayed. It is only possible to display charts if this will be converted to images...
    6 months ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Desktop Plugin - Suppress Sync Errors During Server Maintenance (Maintenance Mode)

    Idea: Implement a logic within the HCL Connections Desktop Plugin that detects when the server is in a designated "Maintenance State" (e.g. HTTP 503 or HTTP 540) and temporarily suppresses user-facing error pop-ups. User Story: From the Administra...
    4 months ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration
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