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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    Thumbnails for files in Desktop plugin

    In the desktop plugin.. the plugin should display the thumbnails of images as the Windows explorer does. When browsing through files using MS Windows Explorer, previews are shown in the form of thumbnails for many content types. This includes almo...
    over 7 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

    Include the IBM developed System Applications from Portal legacy in every port to HCL DX containerized.

    There are about a dozen IBM created system applications included in WebSphere Application Server (ND) that could be inadvertently dropped if and when WAS is replaced by a non-royalty JVM like Liberty. Our company relies on one or two of these apps...
    3 months ago in 08. Third Party Integration 0 Needs Review

    METRICS BY USER

    As a LOB user, I want to have metrics by user. For example: I want to understand all access by a single user ((logins, pages, communities, downloads, likes etc)) or I want to understand all user access of my all user in connections (logins, pages,...
    almost 7 years ago in 09. Administration 3 Under Consideration

    Expiration Date for Wikis and Files

    We miss the function of setting an expiration date. That's very useful. Especially if a document or a wiki is out of date you will be notified by e-mail that you have to create a more recent version. Great NEED with us!
    over 6 years ago in 13. Other 5 Assessment

    Allow community files to be shared across multiple community folders

    There is a documented limitation that indicates "you can put a community owned file in only one community folder." This is inconsistent with personal files which allow files to be shared with multiple folders. Allowing a community file to be share...
    about 7 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Under Consideration

    Make notes plugin also support "mobile number" for connections Business Card integration. Now it only does "OfficeNumber".

    Make notes plugin also support mobile number for connections BC intergration. Now it only does OfficeNumber.
    about 5 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 Under Consideration

    Windows Explorer Desktop PlugIn functions (not sync) for Mac

    For Windows the Explorer PlugIn is available. It allows to view the contents of the file repository and to download and upload files. An upload creates a new version and asks for a description of the changes . In Windows as well the synchronizatio...
    over 7 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 6 Under Consideration

    Support Full "SAML 2.0 single logout" in WAS/Connections.

    Full "SAML 2.0 single logout" in WAS/Connections. The functionality should cooperate with Microsoft ADFS and should be tested with Microsoft ADFS. Currently there is no support for this feature as per: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community...
    about 7 years ago in 09. Administration 1 Future Consideration

    Don't show restricted communities where you are NOT a member in Community Overview

    It is possible that somebody creates a restricted community and checks the option to show community name to the organisation. If you where a member in the past for that community, but not anymore, you still see the community in "My Communities" ...
    about 6 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Future Consideration

    Consistent customization over all applications

    It is a real pain to change the UI to any Corporate Identity because WebSphere Apps use different UI elements than Component Pack ones. All “integrated” apps like Invite, Touchpoint, Tailored Experience Wizard, ICXT/HCXT, HCEC need handcrafted adj...
    about 3 years ago in 13. Other 0 Needs Review
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