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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Ideas

    Convert community file to personal file

    Currently it is possible to convert a personal file to a community file, but not yet the other way around
    about 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

    Change default value of overwriting a newer version via desktop-plugin

    In case a user is working in an outdated version of a file in Connections saved as a local draft e.g. and tries to upload this version as the newest version to Connections, the plug-in prompts the user that the server file has changed since the us...
    almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

    Show more than 500 files in files / plugin

    Each Community (own files, shared files) is limited to 500 shown files - independent of the actual number of files in the community (e.g. 600).
    almost 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

    Ability to see all folders in the Connections UI folders view display (left side panel)

    When using the IBM Connections Web UI folders view display on the left side, (see screenshot) only limited with only 100 folders shown, there is no function to extend this view. The customer would like to be able to show/see all folders.
    over 7 years ago in 03. Files 1 Under Consideration

    Ability to increase attachment file upload size limitation on a user by user basis rather than across the board

    We wish to increase the file upload size to selected users, not for all users. This file size limitation should be configurable for users given the PROF GUID or PROF UUID.
    about 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement

    Docs Editor for spreadsheet: Can Docs use formula to import data from another file.

    We have two xlsx files: 1.xlsx and 2.xlsx. In office, we can use formula to display data from 1.xlsx in 2.xlsx. Pls see attached file: image1 shows content of 1.xlsx, while image2 shows how we can use formula to display data from 1.xlsx in 2.xlsx....
    over 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Docs.Viewer - support for hyperlinks to headings inside PDFs

    At the moment only links to headings inside a word document are working. If you convert this document into a PDF you can not use these links anymore.
    over 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Unbundle LibreOffice package from Docs install package and use the LibreOffice version package from the Operating system

    Unbundle the LibreOffice package from the Docs install package and create a documentation that would help customers to install the LibreOffice manually. Also, suggesting to allow customers to use the LibreOffice package of the operating system ins...
    over 2 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Needs Review

    Add ICEC during user registration

    Customer would like to have the option to add ICEC during user registration. Now he doesn't see this option, and he has to create the user and then edit add ICEC after registration
    over 7 years ago in 08. Third Party Integration 0 Under Consideration

    Outlook Connections Plug-in to co-exist with the Harmonie plug-in

    Our organisation has made the decision to move to O365 while we truly believe that IBM Connections offers the best value in enterprise collaboration. BUT we are now facing the issue that the two plug-ins that we offer for easy SharePoint sharing f...
    over 7 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Already Exists
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