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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    Adjust folder sorting in the Files app

    It is currently not possible to sort the folders in the Files app as desired. It would be great if each user could individually adjust the sorting of the folders in the Webview. For example by folder size or by name.
    over 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Method for performing silent installation of Community surveys

    This is a request to introduce the ability to install Community surveys in silent mode using a response file. Currently this is not available. You cannot even run the installation in console mode, you will receive an error indicating: "Error: The ...
    over 4 years ago in 13. Other 0 No Plans to Implement

    Restrict the Community Surveys creation

    Customer would like to have the ability to restrict the Community Surveys creation by Admin users
    over 4 years ago in 02. Communities 0 No Plans to Implement

    Exclude Filter for tags

    When filtering by tag in the tag cloud I would like the possibility to select tags to be excluded from the results. Main use case in mind is for example to exclude entries tagged with foreign language e.g. 'lang_de' to only display topics I can re...
    over 4 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Under Consideration

    Word Cloud in HCL Connections

    Hello, is it possible to implement an additional Word Cloud App to HCL Connections? This exist already in the Web (as example: https://www.wordclouds.com/) , but a direct implementation in HCL Connections would be helpful.
    almost 5 years ago in 13. Other 1 Needs Clarification

    Enhance #bottom anchored text to redirect to the bottom of the Community Overview

    We are using the Textbox.io or Tiny MCE for Connections. Using a Bookmark/anchor: #bottom should work correctly when adding into the Community Rich Content widget or Community Description widget in a community and redirect to the bottom of the page.
    about 5 years ago in 02. Communities 1 No Plans to Implement

    Request function of changing the default access type when creating a community.

    When a user creates a community, the default Access type of the new community is "Public to My Organization". We want connections to provide a function so that the user can set the default type to others like "Restricted".
    about 5 years ago in 02. Communities 1 No Plans to Implement

    Exclude IBM approved Open Source Libraries in AppScan to avoid incorrect reporting.

    As part of Phytel engagement project we have got approved list of Open Source Libraries which still shows up as in issue in AppScan, Request you to exclude the List of Libraries so that it will not be reported as an issue in future AppScans.
    about 5 years ago in 13. Other 0 No Plans to Implement

    Restrict Access to Sametime Web Proxy Widget in Connections

    Customer would like to access Sametime web proxy through Connections via LDAP group membership. The customer has requested that access to Sametime be limited to a specific LDAP group, which has been configured. They would like to prevent the Samet...
    about 5 years ago in 13. Other 0 No Plans to Implement

    Files shared by link should present should present login form

    Users are able to share files by links since 6.0 CR4. The only problem is that if I receive such a link by mail and I click on it, I will get an error unless I'm already logged into connections. Can't these be improved for a better user experience...
    over 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 Already Exists
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