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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    Ability for Docs to add watermark to actual file in addition to altering the browser-based preview

    Docs has the ability to configure "watermarks" for documents and spreadsheets, but these watermarks only affect the browser-based rendition visible in Viewer. Docs does not actually update the underlying document/spreadsheet with the configured wa...
    about 4 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 No Plans to Implement

    Files - Allow to create Links to Files and Folders (e.g. at Desktop)

    It would be comfortable to have the opportunity to create a direct Folder or File-Link (e.g. at the Desktop) instead of clicking through Windows Explorer "communities - Community XY - Folders - ..." That function would increase acceptance in the B...
    almost 7 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

    in some cases loses customizer styling

    We have a corporate identity design on Connections and modify the IBM Connections user experience by injecting resources in the pages that are returned to users using the Customizer. The issue could be reproduced on Blogs pages, specifically when ...
    over 5 years ago in 13. Other 0 Under Consideration

    Formatting comments in the ideation blog

    Function for formatting comments in the ideation blog. Similar to writing an idea, fomatization and moderation options could help to write comments or give feedback. Besides, adding images in the comment section would help.
    about 4 years ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Under Consideration

    Open files directly in specific applications from within the browser

    If users are receiving file links, the files get previewed within the browser. If they then want to edit the file directly in the specific application and not in the online editor the file needs to be downloaded, saved in an intermediate place and...
    almost 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 1 Already Exists

    Old table of contents

    ​Previously there was the possibility, in the wiki, to create an table of contents by button and to updateI would like this functionality again. Now I have to create a table of contents via macro (Table of Contents) that can be updated. I have to ...
    almost 7 years ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Under Consideration

    Ability to use a target in iFrame

    ​In a iFrame the "a" targets "_top" and "_parent" dont work. We need it because our Wiki has an iFrame to an HTML Site on an Sharepoint. Solution: Adding "allow-top-navigation" to "sandbox" in iFrames.
    almost 7 years ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Under Consideration

    TinyMCE - clear text formatting when applying Heading so default Heading formatting applies

    Requesting the ability to choose whether applying a Heading formatting clears prior text formatting selections so that the text is treated in the default manner. This can be via a config or via a pop-up option. Right now, applying a Heading format...
    over 1 year ago in 13. Other 0 Needs Review

    possibility to add a document bookmark (anchor) in wikis with Tiny MCE

    Users cannot set document bookmarks in a wiki using the Tiny MCE editor. Our users request this feature. The users need the functionality in wikis to set document bookmarks.
    over 5 years ago in 13. Other 2 Future Consideration

    Newly created folders are not immediately available in Folders widget in Highlights app from Community.

    Both the Files and the Forums XCC widget should display content changes immediately. Currently, only owners see changes directly in the Widget when a new file or forum post is created. Members see the change only after 15 minutes.
    almost 3 years ago in 13. Other 0 Needs Review
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