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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    Upgrade the LibreOffice version that is used in Docs to a supported version

    There are customers that are regulated and are not allowed to use software which are already out of support or already reached the end of life. LibreOffice 7.2 is already out of support which is packaged in the Docs install package from HCL.
    over 2 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Needs Review

    The Desktop Plugin login page pops up when Microsoft Office Application is oppened, even though user don't have an intention to use plugin ATM

    When user opens one of Microsoft Office Applications the Desktop Plugin login page pops up even though user don't have an intention to use plugin ATM and does not have a session - so user must login, otherwise the login page keeps popping up. Woul...
    over 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 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 7 years ago in 03. Files 3 Under Consideration

    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...
    over 6 years ago in 03. Files 2 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 7 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Customize the Tailored Experience

    Customer would like to have the ability to customize the Tailored Experience. (We need to change the font and CSS in the Create Community page for the application)
    over 4 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Future Consideration

    Sort Date DD.MM.YYYY Custom Filter in Docs

    Its not possible to sort with a custom filter on spreadsheets "is greater than" or "is less than" with dates (DD.MM.YYYY).
    about 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Resize Images Thumbnails in Midea Gallery

    I´m creating wiht a cusomter a new startpage in HCEC and added to the page a media gallery widget. I tried to verify, checked and tested different thing to get the images bigger, but we couldn't get this done.
    almost 2 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Needs Review

    Windows Desktop plugin file search option

    When using the desktop plugin integration from Windows File explorer and try to search for a file in Connections files you can only use this form of search sentence : PartOfFilename* and not *artOfFilename* to find files. When you use the search i...
    over 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 No Plans to Implement

    Short Community links shall be editable

    In a Community-> Advanced Access Features you can provide a short name for short/ nice community link Unfortunately you can not edit this property if the community has subcommunities. This is a partially implemented/ not finished feature to m...
    over 6 years ago in 02. Communities 1 No Plans to Implement
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