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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    Possibility to add widgets to Orient Me

    We want to have the possibility to add widgets to Orient Me like we could on the old homepage on the right side (Recommendations, To Dos, Events) in order to show e.g. trending topics (separate self-developed report that shows what's currently tre...
    about 6 years ago in 06. Orient Me/Homepage 0 No Plans to Implement

    Proper URL preview in Orient Me

    We want to have a proper URL preview of URLs posted in a status update on Orient Me. e.g. google.com works, but if you post e.g. a link to Amazon, nothing is previewed. The URL preview should work for all links and needs to be consistent.
    about 6 years ago in 06. Orient Me/Homepage 0 Future Consideration

    Add Support of Domino LDAP V10/11 for Connections 6.0/6.5

    Only Domino 9.0.1 is supported by Connections 6.0/6.5, but Domino 9.0.1 will not last long. Adding Domino 10/11 as Supported LDAP in Connections 6.0/6.5 Systems Requirements.
    about 6 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Already Exists

    Ability to convert users from external to internal or internal to external

    There are a number of scenarios where users may have a job/role change which requires a change in internal/external designation. For example, a contractor may be registered as an external user for collaboration purposes, but then may be hired as a...
    over 3 years ago in 04. Profiles 1 Needs Review

    Working with multible Connections instances

    When working with multible Connections instances, for example one is in the cloud, one is hosted by us and one is hosted by a partner company, it is hard for users to differentiate bewtween these 3 instance. Give the users a interface where infor...
    about 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 No Plans to Implement

    A notification or mail will be sent on birthdays

    You should receive a notification or e-mail if the person has a birthday to follow.
    about 7 years ago in 04. Profiles 0 No Plans to Implement

    Add support Java 8 for TDISOL.

    TDISOL does not work with Java 8. Since Connections 6.0 supports Java 8, TDISOL should support it.
    about 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 2 Future Consideration

    Integration of other web chat clients like Skype for Business

    Currently, only Sametime version 9 can be integrated into HCL Connections. It would be fantastic if you could also integrate other web chat clients in Connections with presence display. Examples would be Skype for Business, Rocketchat.
    over 6 years ago in 08. Third Party Integration 0 Under Consideration

    uid to show in Directory Search

    Hello HCL CNX Our team is looking for way making the uid showing in the directory search whenever you search for someone. We were able to make some customization like applying it on the searchResults.ftl for it to come up in the profiles by name s...
    over 3 years ago in 04. Profiles 0 Needs Review

    Ability to set preference for collapsible sections to be open or closed by default on a per user basis

    Various applications have side displays that can be collapsed or expanded. For example, if you go to Blogs --> Public Blogs, you have collapsible sections for Featured Blog Entries, Most Liked, Most Voted, Most Commented, Most Visited, and Topi...
    almost 2 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Needs Review
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