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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    Files in a folder shared with a community don't show up when looking at the community files

    Under the All Community Files view in a community, you see all files that are either uploaded as community files or shared with that community. However, files shared with that community because they are in a folder that was shared with that commun...
    about 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Allow right mouse click 'Open Link in new tab' in IE for Communitys on 'My Communitys' site of CR4

    We like to open Communitys with right hand click on a new tab of the Internet Explorer.
    almost 7 years ago in 02. Communities 3 Future Consideration

    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

    Administrator can turn off to share Files to externals.

    Many customers request the feature to prohibit user to share files to external for their security policy. Org admin should have the option to turn off to share files to externals.
    almost 7 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

    Change the Hyperlink in the Newsletter from /homepage to /social

    In the newsletters "Daily Newsletter" and "Weekly Newsletter" the hyperlink at the bottom "Show all updates" shows to the Connections page https://<connections>/homepage. Why isn't the new much cooler site https://<connections>/social ...
    about 4 years ago in 06. Orient Me/Homepage 2 No Plans to Implement

    Improve IBM Connections Suverys to be able to compete with your Competitors

    Surveys is a nice app but lacks functionality for professional use. Add more question types like "Matrix of Drop-down Menus" where a table can be displayed where use can select cells. See google forms, Microsoft forms, survey monkey and other surv...
    almost 7 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Under Consideration

    Connections Windows Explorer Integration

    I would like: The possibility to Add To Folder from "My Files" section Also Copy/Paste directly under "My Folders" to upload new version or add a file. I would also like to access Files uploaded to Blogs via the Windows Explorer.
    almost 7 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Make community logo resize value (155x155) configurable

    When a community logo is uploaded, connections automatically resizes the image to 155x155. Currently this value can't be changed. A customer has changed the width of left column in the communities pages, so they can better fit some custom widgets....
    almost 7 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Future Consideration

    Select all Files

    Please offer an possibility for an user to select all files with one click, e.g. when a user tries to transfer ownership of his files (more then 2000) to another user. As the My Files page is a scrolling page, the user is forced to first scroll do...
    over 5 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Changing community security level

    If a community is setup initially to only allow internal access this cannot be changed later to allow external users access. A new community must then be created for external users.
    almost 7 years ago in 02. Communities 1 Future Consideration
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