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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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Connections Whiteboard as a new file

In Connections Files the availability to not only add Document, Spreadsheet and Presentation files, but also a Whiteboard. At least with the functionality of: - Rich Text- Drawings- Add Pictures At the Google Drive I have the availability to crea...
about 5 years ago in 03. Files 2 Under Consideration

Limit the Number of File Versions to Retain

Files that are worked on regularly often have several hundred versions that are no longer needed. However, the normal user will not delete the old versions manually; instead, they unnecessarily use up storage space. It would be great if you could ...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 3 Under Consideration

Multi-tagging in community files.

In "my files" it is possible to tag multiple files at once. In Communities this is not possible. Multi-Tagging of files should be possible in community files.
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

There is no way to delete multiple document in the folder at the same time.

There is no way to delete multiple document in the folder at the same time. We have to delete each document with a couple of additional click as like more -> more action -> move to trash. This is not reasonable. Even though we can not delete...
about 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration

Extra field in the "All Community Files" list

We like to have an extra column in the "All Community Files" list so that we can see which of these files is shared in one or more folders (just the way we can see the # of views) We need this option to easily check: a) if all files are put in a f...
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Can Connections support the document preview function for more file type?

Currently Connections support mainly Microsoft Documents, PDF, Open Documents... etc. But In Korea mainly most Public Company use local document file type especially file extension ".hwp". So if we want to extend Connections business, I think Conn...
almost 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration

" Seeking new Role ""Preview Only"

Preview-only permission so a user can preview the file but not be able to download the file, sync it through desktop plugin, or upload a new version.
over 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Support High Efficiency Image File Format (*.heif and *.heic) in file preview/view

Since a longer time iOS uses the extension *.heic in case you use the "High Efficiency" format. For sure you can make a compromise in the device in order to support uploads to IBM connections. Nevertheless the batter way to support the end user is...
almost 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

Add file to different folders within community

We need to place the same file within different folders of the same community. We would like to add "shortcuts" or add a file to different folders. Right now we need to duplicate the file loosing consistence. It refers to Files within Communities ...
over 5 years ago in 02. Communities / 03. Files 1 Under Consideration

Make Autofollow for Files a User Preference/Setting

So far it is a global setting if users automatically follow files which they downloaded/previewed (see here for details: http://www.femkegoedhart.com/2015/06/11/ibm-connections-default-follow-on-public-files-is-it-logical/) Many users argue this b...
over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration