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Please add sharing files to Groups feature

Currently, when sharing files, i can only share either to a person or a community. If user wanted to share a file to a group of people, he had to add person one by one on sharing page which is inconvenient. Please help add sharing a file to a grop...
12 months ago in 03. Files 1 Needs Review

Delete multiple files in folders in my files.

hability to delete multiple files in FOLDERS. Today, only in root dir I can delete multiple files at once. Inside Folders I cannot delete multiple files at once. (This is not a feature request, is a BUG)
about 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Create single hierarchical view for files & folders

Currently users have to choose whether they want to view the files view or the folders view. Many don't understand how this work and are mystified that when they go to the folder view they don't see the files that are not in a folder (which they w...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration

Request for the ability to configure whether files display in pages or as a continuous list

Prior versions of Connections displayed files such that Total number of files displayed Individual pages were accessible via links Jumping to a specific page was possible In more recent versions, files display as a continuously scrolling list.Requ...
4 months ago in 03. Files 0 Needs Review

Consistent file and folder handling - Community vs. my files - files vs. folders

It is not possible to share every type of file in every folder format. (e.g. my files in community folders). Search can find files but not folders or the files within a folder. There no consitancy in terms of usabilty and this is for many user a s...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 3 Future Consideration

Allow users to remove themselves from a file shared with them

The list of "files shared with me" contains files other people shared with you and can be quite extensive. Sometimes these include files people are no longer interested in or feel they shouldn't have access to (GDPR). At the moment, only the origi...
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Future Consideration

Upload PDF directly from Adobe Acrobat Reader to Connections

Hello, it would be a nice feature to upload a PDF file directly to Connections. When I have a open document in Adobe Reader --> save --> at Connections. Tags etc as following steps.
about 6 years ago in 03. Files 3 No Plans to Implement

Create one single repository for all files & attachments so behavior is uniform across all elements of IBM Connections

Currently personal files, community files, (if available) CCM files, blog attachments, forum attachments, wiki attachments and activity attachments are all stored in individual and separate file repositories with their own limits, behaviors and op...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 2 No Plans to Implement

Content Moderation for Files Improvement

In connection with IDEACNCTNS-I-761, we see that you are working for future consideration of showing metadata and further information for the Files in Moderations Queue but it would be best to also add 3 more improvements 1. Even there's a ...
about 2 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement

have different permissions on different files/folders in community files

It is not true that in a large project group, everybody is allowed to see everything. Subcommunities add too much complexity so please add permissions to files and folders, based on roles and names. Some more roles would help anyways (like LOB man...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 2 Under Consideration